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1st Fighter Escort Of The 7th AAF, Saipan, Mariana Islands
About this film
AAF Combat Subjects Film #2544. Clapperboard "7th AAF COMBAT CAMERA UNIT CAMERAMAN LT G.D. BRODERSEN Date 10-20 Story FIGHTER ESCORT" Ground crew fuels fighter plane, load ammo on its guns. Aerial views of aircraft. On ground, footage of air crews at Pacific airbase (Saipan). Planes taxi. Scene of personnel with IWO JIMA map. On flight line, pilot checks flaps of P-47 with "Moonshine" nose art. [73rd Fighter Squadron, 318th Fighter Group] National Archives Identifier: 4544 no description. As always, any error or typo is mine and if you enjoy my uploads or if you intend to make $ or otherwise profit from these files, please consider making a donation to a veteran's charity of your choice and/or Archive.org itself. Thanks. :)
Directors & creators
United States. Army Air Forces
Subjects
WWII, World War, 1939-1945 -- Aerial Operations, American, Thunderbolt (Fighter Plane), World War, 1939-1945, United States. Army Air Forces, World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Northern Mariana Islands -- Saipan, World War II, Airplanes, Military, United States. -- Army Air Forces -- Fighter Group, 318th
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