P-38 Aircraft in the Pacific Part 2

Description

Reel 1: 1) P-38G parked and ground crew servicing engines. 2) Pilot leaving jeep and climbing in P-38G cockpit. 3) P-38 No. 2 engine starting. 4) P-38s taxiing and taking off. 5) Aerial views (AVs) of formations of P-38s in flight and peeling off, intercut with Japanese Zero during strafing pass and Gun Sight Aiming Point (GSAP) view of hits on Japanese Zero and "Judy." 6) Personnel leaving quonset hut and watching formation of P-38s in flight over base. 7) Pilots and ground crews at outdoor briefing. 8) Lt. Gen. George C. Kenney leaving building. 9) B-25 "The Jaded Sal" No. 1 engine starting. 10) Pan shot of B-25s parked, engines running. 11) B-25s taxiing and taking off. 12) P-38 No. 1 engine starting. 13) P-38 "Dottie" parked, No. 1 engine starting. 14) P-38s taking off. 15) AVs formations of B-25s in flight over water. 16) Pilot and copilot at controls of B-25. 17) AVs P-38s in flight and firing guns; also shows Japanese Zero in flight and GSAP of strafing attacks on Japanese airfields. Twin engine Japanese planes destroyed in flight. 18) AVs B-25s in flight, dropping fragmentation bombs by parachutes. 19) AVs strafing attacks on Japanese shipping in harbor.

Collection

Records of U.S. Air Force Commands, Activities, and Organizations

Series

Moving Images Relating to Military Aviation Activities