“Air to Air” and “Air to Ground” Combat footage (videos)

B-17 flying fortress fights off fighters En route to target [no date or theater given.]
I believe the first voices you hear is Clark Gable, he also speaks later in the film, others join in later “another side of the war effort” Hollywood voice talk over’s on a combat film. I’ve also added an unedited film clip of his service during WW II. Another way of keeping the home front safe and secure.
 
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WW II: RARE COLOR FILM: MEMPHIS BELLE: 25TH MISSION
Estimated date 1943 “Memphis Belle” 324^th Squadron 91^st Heavy Bombardment Group
The 25^th mission and a ticket home…
 
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1943 The Low-Altitude Bombing of the Ploesti Oil Fields
Mix of Allied and German rarely seen color footage.
Sunday, Aug. 1, 1943. The Liberators started their long flight from airfields in Northern Africa. The low-altitude (to avoid German advanced Radar equipped line of defense) bombing of the Ploesti Oil Fields (Romania) was deemed a success, even though 54 of the 177 bombers that took part were lost, and 53 more were heavily damaged. The refineries output was greatly curtailed, and five Medals of Honor were awarded, the most for any single American military action.
 
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WWII Albert Fagler PART 2/2 rare combat footage Flying P-51B
Group nickname: “Pioneer Mustang Group” 
354th Fighter Group. Assigned to the Tactical Ninth Air Force
Newly discovered WWII film footage in Albert Fagler's house.
Much of the gun camera footage is from the 354th Fighter Group.
They contain cockpit video of American fighter planes in dogfights
over the skies of France and Germany.
There is also footage of American planes taking out German
convoys on the ground and attacks on ships.
The photographer also documents American soldiers on the
ground in their advance across the French countryside.
 
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1945 The Greatest Bombing of Tokyo 3 of 4
The Last Bomb (1945) Part 3 of 4
Directed by: Frank Lloyd
Produced by: The US War Department
Documentary of the planning and delivery of the last great bomber attack on the city of Tokyo by the U.S. Army Air Forces in World War II.
 
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TURNING POINT IN THE PACIFIC WAR
14 April 1943, the US naval intelligence effort, code-named "Magic", intercepted and decrypted a message containing specific details regarding Yamamoto's tour, including arrival and departure times and locations, as well as the number and types of planes that would transport and accompany him on the journey. Yamamoto, the itinerary revealed, would be flying from Rabaul to Ballalae Airfield, on an island near Bougainville in the Solomon Islands, on the morning of 18 April 1943.
 
U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt ordered Secretary of the Navy Frank Knox to "Get Yamamoto." Knox instructed Admiral Chester W. Nimitz of Roosevelt's wishes. Admiral Nimitz consulted Admiral William F. Halsey, Jr., Commander, South Pacific, then authorized a mission on 17 April to intercept Yamamoto's flight en route and shoot it down.. Squadrons of Lockheed P-38 Lightning aircraft were assigned the task as only they possessed the range to intercept and engage. Select pilots from three units were informed that they were intercepting an "important high officer" with no specific name given. 
 
Selected members of the USAAF from THE 339^TH, 70^TH and 12^TH Fighter Squadrons were tasked with this mission. The specific objective was to shot down Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto being transported via “Betty" bomber. To reach their target these pilots would be pushing their Lightning’s to the limits of its range.
 
These USAAF P-38 lightning’s Accomplish the Impossible; by eliminating Japan’s greatest naval strategists. (Footage from both sides included)
 
This video represents documentaries from both the U.S. and Japanese governments surrounding the death of Yamamoto, the planner of the Pearl Harbor attack in 1941. His death was a planned assassination executed by USAAF on direct order of the President Franklin D. Roosevelt. This mission was planned by Major John Mitchell and executed by U.S. Army Air Force First Lieutenant Rex T. Barber, along with other pilots. 
 
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WWII USAAF VIII Fighter Command Gun Cam Reel 1/3
 
World War 2 United States Army Air Force VIII Fighter Command compilation of combat camera footage from numerous fighter pilots over Europe.
 
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WWII USAAF VIII Fighter Command Gun Cam Reel 3/3
 
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WWII Gun Camera 1944 Air Dogfights
WWII Gun Camera 1944 Air Dogfights some at higher altitude
 
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1945 Outstanding Gun Camera Raw Footage from Japan (HD)
 
This is the 1st clip of a series of 3 we encoded using recently declassified raw footage filmed in Japan by the USAAF and later partly used in the propaganda film "The Last Bomb".
Other videos selected among the posted material on topic:
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