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

The purpose of this thread is to collect and store combat videos of this nature here. This purpose is dual in nature:
1^st to document for those who served so honorably!
2^nd to document for those who did not serve, so that we may learn and not forget the sacrifices of those who did...
"If one has a question or comment please respectfully post it elsewhere on the forum."
 
If possible, identify the video by event or news reel name with brief description, then post the video, “example below”. Please attempt to identify the Theater of Operation, not necessarily the Theater of War as this can lead to confusion. Generally the film footage will give this information. [All Theaters of Operation are welcome]   
 
Hopefully this will create a video archive in the forum for future reference.
 
Respectfully,
Scott M.
 
Attached: Department Of Defense Combat Bulletin No. 48 Pin 20311: “E.T.O. AIR SUPPORT ON THE WESTERN FRONT”(1945)
 

 

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.
 
Scott
 

 

The "Mighty Eighth" in action; starting with the U-boat pens near Bremen Germany, the British narrator does a pretty good job of naming other targets for a time frame. [Film date not given]
 
Scott
 

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…
 
Scott
 
  

WWII Damaged B-24's Get Back Archival Footage
 
Liberators at war over Europe and the Pacific, [No dates given]
 
Lib piloting and operational details discussed in detail…Seems almost like a Liberator pilot training film.
 
Scott 
  
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=endscreen&v=IRAPAh78ntM&NR=1
 

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.
 
Scott

WWII P-47 T-bolts in France & Italy Part 3/3
WWII P-47 T-bolts in France & Italy COMBAT ACTION
with rare real archival original uncensored footage!
 
Thunderbolts on the prowl…
 
Scott
 
  

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.
 
Scott
 

 

1945 Pacific - P-51 Gun Camera Raw Footage
1945 The gunning of Japanese targets by US P-51 fighters. Gun camera raw footage (fragment).
No Squadron or Group named.
 
Scott
 

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.
 
Scott
 

USAAF Martin B-26B Marauder Medium Bomber
599th Bombardment Squadron, 397th Bombardment Group, France, 1944
Martin B-26 Marauder - High Res
 
Scott
 

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. 
 
Scott
 

Fight for the Sky - United States Air Force WW2 Documentary Film
Some of the best air to air and air to ground combat gun camera footage all in one film.
 
More than you may ever want to know about Fighter jocks in Western Europe, from the lighter side to combat. 
8^th Air Force Fighter Command, Photographed by 3^rd Combat Camera Unit
P-47 Thunderbolt’s, P-38 Lightning’s and P-51 Mustangs all included...
United States Department of the Air Force documentary film that details the air war between Allied fighter pilots and the German Luftwaffe over Western Europe during 1945.
This is a long film "41 minutes", but it may be of interest to fighter pilot veterans as it includes details on the ground and in the air. There is some Hollywood “close up editing” in cockpit footage, but this is a home front oriented film to keep moral up in the States and worth the record for the detail. Actual combat pilots my see some humor here.
 
Scott M.
 

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.
 
Scott
 

WWII USAAF VIII Fighter Command Gun Cam Reel 2/3
 
Scott
 

WWII USAAF VIII Fighter Command Gun Cam Reel 3/3
 
Scott
 

WWII Gun Camera 1944 Survival Mode - ON III
Marvelous gun camera ground/air footage , good quality
 
Scott
 

WWII Gun Camera 1944 Air Dogfights
WWII Gun Camera 1944 Air Dogfights some at higher altitude
 
Scott
 

WWII Gun Camera 1944-45 AirGround
1944 & 45 footage with also short gun camera clip of Mistel attached to FW-190 being attacked @ 1:38 , probably Mistel 3C - Ju 88G-10 and Fw 190F-8 , unknown aircraft disintegrating mid-air @ 2:50 
 
Scott
 

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:
Scott
 

1945 US Fighters Strafing Deep Into Germany
Spring 1945. US Fighters strafing deep Into Germany, showing no mercy and gunning everything at range!
 
Scott 
 

1945 Thunderbolt: From France to Germany
Early months of 1945. Thunderbolts belonging to the 332 Group based in Etaine, France on a mission over Germany aimed to open the road to the invading US Army. Some shots are from stock footage generally related to the Thunderbolt
 
Scott
 

1945 ABSOLUTELY UNEDITED! B-29 Ditching & Rescue RAW (HD)
This video is slightly off thread, but it shows the incredible rescue of a downed USAAF B-29 crew in the Pacific by the U.S. Navy.  
 
This footage used to lay forgotten for decades. We received it directly from the B-29 pilot's son, Mr. Mike McCaskill.
We choosed to leave the entire 12 min raw footage uncutted. Following our request, Mr. McCaskill was so kind to write the story behind this "never seen before" footage, giving us all the particoulars about this forgotten episode of WW2.
 
If you’d like to read the rest of this story here is the direct link with story below the video.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cme9JcdSepA&feature=related 
 
Scott