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Aerial Warfare

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In the last episode we looked at the development of the world’s navies during the interwar period. To compliment that I thought we’d do something similar with aerial warfare. It is easy to forget in 1939 aviation was still very much in its infancy, and especially aerial warfare.

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P38L Lightning & P47 Thunderbolt Fighter Aircraft Rocket Firing Target Range WW2 Newsreel Footage

P-38L Lightnings and P-47 Thunderbolts fire high velocity aircraft rockets, (HVAR a.k.a. the Holy Moses) at tanks on a target/test range in this WW2 era newsreel footage from United News.

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B25 Bombers w/ 75MM Cannons on a Combat Mission WW2

Video of US Army Air Force flyers in modified B25 Mitchell bombers equipped with 75mm cannon / guns on strafing and bombing missions during World War II.

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Gun Camera Footage Parts 1-9 8th Fighter Command Operations

Gun Camera Footage 8th Fighter Command Operations Part 1. Gun sight aiming point (GSAP) footage from fighter pilots of the VIII Fighter Command as they engage Luftwaffe planes in the air and strafe targets on the ground in 1944.

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 HQ Batallón) October 05, 2014

B-25 Mitchell skip-bombs a Japanese Kaibokan escort ship, 6 April 1945

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B-25 Mitchell, nicknamed “Ruthless Ruth”, pulls up after making a skip-bombing run on Japanese coastal defense vessel No. 134. The plane was flown by USAAF Lieutenant Louie A. Mikell of the 499th Bomb Squadron (“Bats Outa Hell”), part of 5th Air Force. Japanese convoy HOMO-03 left Hong Kong...read more

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 HQ Comando Supremo) June 01, 2014

The Allied Bombing of German Cities in World War Two Was Unjustifiable

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No one doubts the bravery of the thousands of men who flew and died in Bomber Command. The death rate was an appalling 44%. And yet until the opening of a monument in Green Park this year they have received no official recognition, with many historians claiming that the offensive was immoral and...read more

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