Video Parts (12 across 4 reels)
This clip is Reel 2, Part 1 of a 12-part film. Watch from the beginning
H-HOUR Reel 2 · Part 1
Description
Recounts three pilots' war experiences that point up the value of certain aspects of AAF training. Part 1, a pilot flies a P-38 on reconnaissance over Rabaul, New Britain. Photographs are studied and then the target is heavily bombed. Part 2 shows bombings of Germany and Cape Gloucester, New Guinea. Fighters shoot down attacking German planes. Part 3 shows D-day preparations and activities. Paratroops board planes in England and jump over France. Planes bomb and strafe German targets in France. Gen. Larson speaks on the value of absorbing training.
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Records of the Army Air Forces
Series
Motion Picture Films from the "Combat Film Report" Program Series
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