LUFTWAFFE JET PLANE AIRPORT, INNSBRUCK, AUSTRIA ; GERMAN SUICIDE BOATS, NEAR INNSBRUCK, AUSTRIA ; UNDER SECRETARY OF WAR PATTERSON, HALZBURG (?), AUSTRIA Part 1

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Signal Corps ADC 4524 111 SOURCE: AFCF (M-1760) Card 1 of 2 ADC FILM: ARCH & APC MP 875' ea Silent 4524-1 LIB 6540 LUFTWAFFE JET PLANE AIRPORT Innsbruck, Austria 8 May 1945 LS, Pan, airport with snow-capped mountains in bg. MCUs, several undamaged jet-propelled ME-262s on airstrip. CUs, four 20mm cannons set in nose of ME-262. CUs, undamaged jet units. LIB 6542 GERMAN SUICIDE BOATS Near Innsbruck, Austria 8 May 45 MSs, CUs, US soldier examines several German suicide motorboats containing explosive charges found in wooded area near Igls. CUs, large explosive charges and detonators. Record Group 111 Accession III-NAV-210 ARMY PICTORIAL CENTER, 35-11 35th Ave., LIC 1, NY ERBS/es Signal Corps ADC 4524 111 SOURCE: AFCF (M-1760) Card 2 of 2 ADC FILM: ARCH & APC MP 875' ea Silent Record Group 111 4524-2 Accession III-NAV-210 LIB 6543 UNDER SECRETARY OF WAR PATTERSON Halzburg (?) Austria 9 May 45 MSs, CUs, Sec Robert P Patterson, Lt Gen Alexander M Patch, CG, Seventh US Army and Lt Gen Wade H Haislip, CG, XV Corps, meet at airfield. CU, Sec Patterson in cockpit of L-5 plane. Seq: Sec Patterson and party review Engineer troops of the 1109th Combat Gp. CUs, Mr Patterson pins Bronze and Silver Stars on Engineer troops. Seq: Mr Patterson accompanied by Maj Gen Fay B Prickett, CG, XXI Corps, visits the ruins of Berchtesgaden. ARMY PICTORIAL CENTER, 35-11 35thAve., LIC 1, NY ERBS/es

Collection

Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer

Series

Moving Images Relating to Military Activities