The Fight for The Sky – WW2 8th Air Force
Air Forces Special Film Project #157, The Fight For The Sky: Our fighter pilots versus the Luftwaffe in Western Europe, 1945. ” On the activities of the 8th Air Force Fighter Command in Europe. Shows a base near East Anglia, England. General Doolittle discusses a mission. Pilots are briefed for an escort mission over Germany. P-47’s are relieved in flight by P-51’s. German pilots rush to intercept U.S. planes. U.S. bombers and many German fighters are downed. Shows Gen. Kepner. Fighters destroy enemy planes, transportation and communication. Montage a series of still photos of U.S. fliers killed in action.” National Archives Identifier 63894
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