World War 2 Allied Aviation News Volume 2
American Military Aviation Newsreels from 1944 & 1945

Watch “Breaking News” as the American public saw it in theaters across the USA during the climactic last two years of World War 2.

US Military Aviation News 1944 (B&W, 75:00) Some of the highlights include: A-20 Havocs make a low level attack in the Admiralty Islands, the 99 ^th Fighter Squadron (“The Tuskegee Airmen”) fight the Axis in Italy in their P-40s, Navy fighters & Bombers attack the Japanese stronghold on Truk, B-26 operations over France & Holland, USN Carrier planes attack Rabaul, US paratroopers ready for D-Day in the U.K., French & Dutch pilots fly Douglas A-20 Bostons in low level attacks in the ETO, the launching of Essex class carrier USS Bon Homme Richard (CV-31), planning and execution of a photo recon mission over Myitkyina., Burma, Sunderland Flying boats ferrying supply off Australia, the first Newsreels of the D-Day landings, The Death of the German Battle Ship Tirpitz, the birth of the C82n 'Flying Box Car” transport, B-29s bomb Formosa, a B-29 base is established on Saipan & is promptly bombed by the Japanese, the First B-29 mission to Tokyo, the P-61 Black widow Night Fighter is revealed to the public, JATO (Jet Assisted Take Off) canisters allow Hellcats & Avengers to make very short runway launches, B-25s low level bomb & strafe Japanese units near Sidate in the Celebes, 1,200 bombers & 100 fighters hit German military & industrial targets in the Saar & Ruhr & much more!

US Military Aviation News 1945 (B&W, 25:00) Hig\lights include:Bell P-39 & P-60 fighter bombers are ferried over the Bering Strait from Alaska to Russia, 13 ^th Air Force B-24s fly from their base on Morotai to bomb oil fields at Tarakan Island, off the coast of Borneo, P-38 & P-47 fighters fire 5 inch HVAR rockets at attack ground targets, USN carrier planes attack the Japanese on Luzon to prepare for invasion, newBoeing B-29 based transport, the C-97, is revealed, B-24s from Morotai bomb Japanese airfields on Puerto Princesa & Palawan in the Philippines, a single B-24 Liberator makes seven low level bombing & strafing runs on Borneo 0il fields, American fighters strafe a German Air Field, The Army Air Force tests its own version of the German V-1 “Buzz Bomb” missile, a B-29 sets a long distance flight record - 8,000 miles from Guam to Washington DC, US Carriers sweep the South China Sea, the only known footage of the controversial bombing of the city of Dresden in Germany, British Carriers launch air attacks off Sumatra with Fulmers, Corsairs, Hellcats, Sea Fires & Avengers, 1,200 USN carrier planes from Task Force 58 make low level attacks around Tokyo and much more