P-47 Combat Operations

P-47 Combat Operations

16 mins | Documentary | Dec. 12, 1945

This documentary short film depicts the P-47 Thunderbolt fighter plane in combat operations in various locales around the world during the Second World War. A variety of pilots are depicted recounting their actions in combat missions such as strafing runs, softening up of invasion sites, bomber protection, and the destruction of enemy resources and fortifications. One of the pilots has made a disastrous error in his mission, and viewers are invited to guess which of the pilots failed in his duty.

P-47 Combat Operations

16 mins | Documentary | Dec. 12, 1945

P-47 Combat Operations
This documentary short film depicts the P-47 Thunderbolt fighter plane in combat operations in various locales around the world during the Second World War. A variety of pilots are depicted recounting their actions in combat missions such as strafing runs, softening up of invasion sites, bomber protection, and the destruction of enemy resources and fortifications. One of the pilots has made a disastrous error in his mission, and viewers are invited to guess which of the pilots failed in his duty.
Producers First Motion Picture Unit, United States Army Air Forces
Original title P-47 Combat Operations
Directors
Writers

Cast

William T. Orr

as voice