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Fighter Kills In Europe - Gun Camera Footage 1944
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keywords: wwii, european theater, pacific theater, gun camera footage, aerial combat, strafing ground targets
Synopsis: Gun camera footage of aerial combat between the German Luftwaffe and the 3rd and 8th Army pilots in late 1944 as well as strafing of ground targets in close air support for British troops in Burma...(read more)
- Date: 1944
- Duration: 00:11:38
- Sound: Yes
- Color: Monochrome
- Type: Public Domain
- Language: English
- Location: Europe






























Fighter Kills In Europe - Gun Camera Footage 1944
GSAP camera footage of German Luftwaffe planes shot down by 3rd and 8th Army Air Force pilots in WWII, late 1944 and close air support for British Troops in Burma 1945. Strafing of ground targets.
Allied gun sight aiming point (G.S.A.P) camera footage. German plane in a spiral after being hit. Transport is hit and explodes in ball of fire. American P-38 flashes across sky. Nazi plane is hit and crashes in a fireball. Messerschmitt ME-163 Jet is shot down and crashes. Low level strafing attacks on ground targets, freight trains, trucks and vehicles on bridge, a sea plane, storage facility erupts into large fireball.
Several scenes of Messerschmitt ME-262 Jet Fighter-Bomber and Messerschmitt ME-163 Jet Fighter as audio describes each plane. 8th Army Air Force pilots strafing attacks on various ground targets. Aerial dogfight footage. Shows attacks on Focke-Wulf Fw-190 and Messerschmitt ME-109. German Luftwaffe pilot bails out of Focke-Wulf Fw-190. Focke-Wulf Fw-190 explodes after being hit.
Nyaunga, Burma, S E Asia: 02/1945. P-47 planes strafe and dive-bomb enemy positions and provide close air support for attacking British Troops. GSAP camera footage strafing enemy anti-aircraft gun positions, refineries, oil storage tanks. Strafing of buildings and other ground targets near Meiktila Burma and supply lines at Cheuk.
Shot List:
01:00:15;01
German plane in a spiral after being hit
01:00:42;08
P-38 flashes across sky
01:01:02;00
ME-163 Jet is shot down and crashes
01:01:37;06
Strafing trucks on bridge
01:01:54;00
Strafing sea plane on water
01:02:14;09
Explosion of ground target
01:02:24;05
ME-262 German Jet aircraft, audio describes plane
01:03:31;08
ME-163 German Jet fighter, audio describes plane
01:03:48;01
Messerschmitt ME-163 Jet Fighter hit
01:04:10;03
Strafing long line of railroad cars
01:07:32;06
Huge fireball explosion ground target
01:07:53;02
Focke-Wulf Fw-190 shot down
01:07:58;05
Messerschmitt ME-109 shot down
01:08:22;11
German Luftwaffe pilot bails out of Focke-Wulf Fw-190. LS of parachute of German pilot
01:08:42;00
Focke-Wulf Fw-190 explodes after being hit
01:09:40;01
Close air support for British Troops in Burma
01:09:48;02
P-47s strafe and dive-bomb Japanese positions in Burma
01:10:18;08
Strafing anti-aircraft positions, refinery, and oil storage tanks
01:10:51;04
Strafing Japanese headquarters and other buildings near Meiktila Burma
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