P-47 Thunderbolt and P-38 Lightning fighter aircraft in flight in Florennes, Belgium.
Activities in Florennes, Belgium in the European Theater Of
Operations (ETO). US aircraft P-38 Lightning in flight. Fighter
aircraft P-47 Thunderbolt in flight. Fighter aircraft P-47 Thunderbolt
in flight. P-38 Lightning taxiing on perimeter at Florennes, Belgium.
P-47 Thunderbolt in flight. P-47D Thunderbolt with bubble canopy
warming up and taxiing. P-47 Thunderbolt in flight. P-47D Thunderbolt
and P-47 Thunderbolt taxiing. P-47D Thunderbolt in flight.
Date: 1945, March 7
Duration: 2 min 47 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
United States fighter aircraft P-38 Lightning in flight in Florennes, Belgium.
Florennes, Belgium in the European Theater Of Operations (ETO).
A large formation of aircraft in flight. View of a wooded area.
Four P-38 Lightning in flight in formation. Remagen Bridge entrance in
view. United States anti-aircraft position in the entrance of the
bridge. P-38 Lightning in flight.
Date: 1945, March 13
Duration: 1 min 38 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Fighter aircraft P-38 Lightning and L-4 Grasshopper in flight in Florennes, Belgium.
Activities in Florennes, Belgium in the European Theater Of
Operations (ETO). Damaged two-story building near the Rhine River.
Remagen Bridge in view. A railroad tunnel in a hill. Manned
antiaircraft gun position. A man looks through binoculars. An aircraft
crashes. A plane in flight. United States aircraft P-38 Lightning in
flight. Antiaircraft guns (flak) fired. Several P-38 Lightning
aircraft in flight. L-4 Grasshopper aircraft in flight.
Date: 1945, March 13
Duration: 2 min 20 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
USAAC P-47 and P-38 fighter planes operating at Florennes airfield, Belgium, during World War II.
A squadron of P-47 aircraft from the U.S. Army Air Corps (USAAC)
365th Fighter Group, landing at Florennes airfield (A-78) in Belgium
near the end of World War 2, in Europe. P-47s overhead in formation.
P-38 aircraft of the 474th Fighter Group taking off from the airfield.
Date: 1945, March 15
Duration: 1 min 54 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
U.S. warplanes, including P61, P-47, and P38 aircraft, operating at Florennes/Juzaine airfield (A-78), Belgium, in World War II
US .Army Air Corps (USAAC) fighter planes operating at
Florennes/Juzaine airfield (A-78), Belgium, near the end of World War 2,
in Europe. P-61A serial 42-5575 "No Love, No Nothing II" of the 422nd
Night fighter Squadron, holding short of the active runway, as several
P-47s, of the 365th Fighter Group, land. The P61 takes the active and
departs. A P-38 Lightning fighter taking off. It has red diamond on
outer sides of its tails identifying it as from the 429th Fighter
Squadron, 474th Fighter Group. An olive drab P-47 , without markings,
parked across from a junkyard of airplane parts. An airman rummaging
through the parts. Army vehicles and ground crews amongst several parked
P-47 thunderbolt fighter aircraft.
Date: 1945, April 13
Duration: 2 min 49 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Various United States fighters and bombers take off and land at an airstrip in Belgium during World War II.
Various United States fighter and bomber aircraft at
Florennes/Juzaine Airfield (A-78) in Belgium, during World War 2. Three
P-38s and two P-47s land on the runway. One P-61Black Widow, from the
422nd Night Fighter Squadron, takes off and is seen in flight,
overhead. P-38 Lightning and A-26 Invader approach for landing. Several
P-38s and P-47s take off. A B-17G Flying Fortress takes off. P-47s
with bubble canopy take off. (Note:P-38s are from 474th and 428th
Fighter Groups, and P-47s are from 365th Fighter Group, 388th Fighter
Squadron.)
Date: 1945, February 16
Duration: 2 min 41 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Various US bombers and fighters land on an airstrip in Belgium.
US bombers and fighters on an airfield in Belgium. An A-26 Invader
bomber aircraft approaches for landing. P-38 Lightning fighter aircraft
in flight. P-47 Thunderbolt fighter aircraft land. P-47s on a landing
roll. One P-38 lands. P-47 makes a landing on the airstrip. (Note: P-47s
are from 365th Fighter Group, 387th Fighter Squadron, and airfield is
possibly Florennes/Juzaine (A-78) Belgium.)
Date: 1945, February 16
Duration: 1 min 4 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
P-47s with bubble canopies taxi in a single file from a flight line along a curved paved strip in Belgium.
Various United States fighter and bomber aircraft at an airfield
in Belgium. [Slate states airfield # 78, which would be
Florennes/Juzaine Airfield, Belgium. But it may actually be Le Culot
Airfield (A-89) where P-47s of the 36th and 373rd Fighter Groups were
based.] A large number of P-47 Thunderbolt fighter planes parked on a
flight line. A B-17G Flying Fortress bomber parked in background. P-47s
with bubble canopies taxi in single file from the flight line along a
curved taxi strip.
Date: 1945, February 16
Duration: 2 min 24 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
World War II. USAAF P-61 'Black Widow' night fighters in Europe. US Navy testing of JATO on several aircraft in the USA
A short US Army feature entitled,"Black Widow" AND "Jato."
Introduction is overlayed on map of Europe. Opening sequence features
P-61 Black Widows of the 422nd Night Fighter Squadron, stationed at
Florennes/Juzaine (A-78), Belgium, during World War 2, Some of the
aircraft are identifiable: P-61A 42-5577 (later nicknamed "Tactless
Texan") and "Wandering Wench" (P-61A 42-5590). Narrator states their
mission is to intercept German "flying bombs." Mixed footage of P-61s at
various places and times, includes some with D-Day invasion stripes.
Separate JATO-related footage features USN personnel fitting
jet-assisted takeoff bottles on a Grumman F6F-3, possibly at NAS
Patuxent River facility, Maryland. Later sequences show a JATO takeoffs
by a Douglas SBD, and an F6F-3; and normal takeoff by a Grumman TBF, and
a JATO takeoff by a Grumman F4F.
Date: 1944
Duration: 2 min 20 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
