AIR WAR IN EUROPE
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Date: 2011-01-01

AIR WAR IN EUROPE - National Archives and Records Administration 1943 - ARC Identifier 2870 / Local Identifier 18-C-406-2 - War Department. Army Air Forces. (06/20/1941 - 09/26/1947). Reports various aerial activities. Part 1 shows the B-17, "Berlin Sleeper," in flight. Part 2, the 321st Bombardment Group moves planes and equipment in muddy North Africa. Part 3, P-47's escort a bombing mission over Germany and battle enemy fighters. Part 4, B-26's bomb LeTrait, France. Part 5, a B-17 crashes in the English Channel. Part 6, B-17's brave German fighters and flak and bomb Wilhelmshaven. Part 7, reinforcements unload at Salerno beachhead. Part 8, B-25's bomb Salerno Road. Part 9 shows work on a base for P-38's in Italy. Part 10, a B-25 crash lands at a base. Part 11, oil fields and railroad yards in Ploesti, Romania, are bombed and strafed.