Some great films I watched in these past weeks
Ball turret gunner - full length film
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US Armed forces film - The Rear Gunner (1943)
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Dramatizes the training and experience of a rear gunner. Details of training includes
classroom instruction, turret familiarization, skeet firing, towed target practice,
night firing, and aerial gunnery practice.
If you notice in this film there is a young actor called "Ronald Reagan" (a President of the USA)
US Armed forces film -Don't Kill Your Friends (1943)
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Dilbert fearlessly provides a string of negative examples of what not to do during aerial
gunnery practice.
Fortress Of The Sky (1944)
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This documentary chronicles the design and development of the Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress bomber.
How To Fly The B-17 - Flight Operations (1943)
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B-29 Flight Procedure And Combat Crew Functioning (1944)
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The Fight For The Sky: Our Fighter Pilots Versus The Luftwaffe In Western Europe
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Flight Characteristics of the North American P-51 Mustang: How to Fly the P-51
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This 1944 vintage World War 2 film covers all aspects of the theory & practice of P-51Mustang fighter
flight operations, including takeoffs, landings, aerobatics, dive limits, and laminar wing airflow theory.
How To Fly The P-47 - Pilot Familiarization (1943)
Grumman F6F Hellcat Pilot Instruction (1943)
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Fighter Tactics Against The B-29 (1948)
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RAF training film depicting best practices against American B-29's in 1948 - using Meteor IV and
Vampires. The B-29's are playing the role of Soviet Tu-4's.