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[Footage from aircraft gun cameras, depicting aerial combat and strafing runs, 1943-1945]
Film footage from aircraft gun cameras, depicting aerial combat and strafing runs, 1943-1945. The footage is taken from multiple different missions and depicts attacks against enemy aircraft and ground targets such as trains, trucks, and buildings. Some of the scenes include a title card listing the pilot's name and rank, the mission date, and the aircraft or target being attacked. Pilots…
[Footage from Lockheed P-38 Lightning gun cameras, depicting strafing runs and aerial combat, April 11, 1945]
Film footage from Lockheed P-38 Lightning gun cameras, depicting strafing runs and aerial combat, April 11, 1945. The footage is taken from two P-38s, one piloted by Lieutenant Knapp and one piloted by Lieutenant Morris. Knapp's footage depicts several strafing runs on trains. Morris's footage depicts strafing runs on trains, another P-38 in flight, and a Focke-Wulf Fw 190 in flight, which Morris…
Shot patterns, VIII Fighter Command, January 1 - March 31, 1944
Report titled "Shot patterns, VIII Fighter Command, January 1 - March 31, 1944," United States Army Air Forces, circa 1944. Contains diagrams and analyses of shot patterns constructed from combat film for the period of September 15 through December 31, 1943. 182 typed pages.