Luftwaffe Videos

National Archives and Records Administration The fight for the Sky Department of Defense. Department of the Air Force. (09/26/1947 - ) ARC Identifier 63894 / Local Identifier 342-SFP-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. This movie is part of the collection: FedFlix Producer: National Archives and Records Administration Language: English Creative Commons license: Public Domain

El comportamiento del soldado alem?n y de sus armas es notable por sus r?cords. Los ases de aviaci?n, tanques, infanter?a y marina se cuentan por centenares. Esta pel?cula est? basada en un hecho real. Es la historia de Hans Joachin Marselle, piloto de caza de la escuadrilla I/27, equipada con Messerschmitt Me-109. Destacado en el Norte de Africa, logr? la mayor?a de sus 158 victorias sobre aviones ingleses, un r?cord nunca alcanzado en cantidad y durante un lapso tan corto de tiempo, por ning?n piloto aliado. Es la historia de la "Estrella de Africa".

Hans Ulrich Rudel flew more missions than any other pilot, Allied or Axis, in World War II and had the highest score of destroyed soviet tanks....this is his cockpit view of action on the Eastern Front.