Fighter Fighter Thu, 30 Apr 2026 04:30:37 +0000 Thu, 30 Apr 2026 04:30:37 +0000 Whitebeam Battlefield Research Forum http://normandy.whitebeamimages.ie/forum/forums/fighter.56/ Gun Camera Footage [BP Film #1891.01] Sun, 21 May 2017 22:52:10 +0000 http://normandy.whitebeamimages.ie/forum/threads/gun-camera-footage-bp-film-1891-01.370/ http://normandy.whitebeamimages.ie/forum/threads/gun-camera-footage-bp-film-1891-01.370/ invalid@example.com (Pat Curran) Pat Curran
I have found another British Pathe film with a collection of gun camera footage from USAAF single seat fighters. The footage is from different sorties but again, is all from the 6th June 1944. The title is 'VIII Fighter Command Attacking Ground Targets' (Film ID #1891.01). The footage runs for 8 minutes and 27 seconds, and the times in and out for each segment are set out in the table...

Gun Camera Footage [BP Film #1891.01]]]> 36 F/O Edmund L. Decker Remembered Sat, 04 Mar 2017 19:14:10 +0000 http://normandy.whitebeamimages.ie/forum/threads/f-o-edmund-l-decker-remembered.387/ http://normandy.whitebeamimages.ie/forum/threads/f-o-edmund-l-decker-remembered.387/ invalid@example.com (Pat Curran) Pat Curran
Our recent mention of F/O Edmund L. Decker of the 361st FS / 356th FG USAAF in the 'Gun Camera Footage [BP Film #1891.01]' thread has brought us a request for help with an ongoing project centred on this pilot.

The project is the work of Audrey Calovich, assisted by her history teacher Lisa Lauck at Sion School in Kansas City, which was also Decker's home town.

There is an extensive...

F/O Edmund L. Decker Remembered]]> 48 354th FG Officers Sound Interview Fri, 21 Oct 2016 08:36:39 +0000 http://normandy.whitebeamimages.ie/forum/threads/354th-fg-officers-sound-interview.497/ http://normandy.whitebeamimages.ie/forum/threads/354th-fg-officers-sound-interview.497/ invalid@example.com (Pat Curran) Pat Curran
I had looked at this sound interview of American fighter pilots before but could not identify the group to which these officers belonged. This particular version is hosted on the PhotosNormandie YouTube Channel (f000298):

<iframe width="854" height="480" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/rDzEGZkaLLM" frameborder="3" allowfullscreen></iframe>​

The answer lies in the Texas Archive of film wherein I found a number of films credited as 'The Lt....

354th FG Officers Sound Interview]]> 3 USAAF P-51 with Russian Name? Fri, 29 Apr 2016 07:44:20 +0000 http://normandy.whitebeamimages.ie/forum/threads/usaaf-p-51-with-russian-name.466/ http://normandy.whitebeamimages.ie/forum/threads/usaaf-p-51-with-russian-name.466/ invalid@example.com (Pat Curran) Pat Curran
I came across this Mustang today - invasion striped with what appears to be a Russian name on the nose:
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The only reference I can find to the squadron marking 'P7' is here and the unit is not identified.

The quoted source site, http://p-51-mustang.com/ does not seem...

USAAF P-51 with Russian Name?]]> 6 Gun Camera Footage [BP Film #2137.10] Thu, 07 May 2015 11:39:49 +0000 http://normandy.whitebeamimages.ie/forum/threads/gun-camera-footage-bp-film-2137-10.368/ http://normandy.whitebeamimages.ie/forum/threads/gun-camera-footage-bp-film-2137-10.368/ invalid@example.com (Pat Curran) Pat Curran
I have found a British Pathe film with an unusually large collection of gun camera footage from USAAF single seat fighters. The footage is from different sorties but all from the 6th June 1944. The title is 'Aerial Warfare Air to Ground Footage' and numbered 2137.10 in their database.

The footage lasts 11 minutes and 3 seconds, so I'll do up a table in my next post showing the time marks...

Gun Camera Footage [BP Film #2137.10]]]> 11 Caught on Camera - RAF or USAAF? Fri, 15 Aug 2014 20:31:24 +0000 http://normandy.whitebeamimages.ie/forum/threads/caught-on-camera-raf-or-usaaf.267/ http://normandy.whitebeamimages.ie/forum/threads/caught-on-camera-raf-or-usaaf.267/ invalid@example.com (Pat Curran) Pat Curran
While searching for a a P-38 Lightning crash site down in the Vindefontaine/Pretot Sainte Suzanne area last night on the NCAP site, I had a look at three frames from sortie NCAP_ACIU_US30_4073 flown on the 6th June 1944:

The frames are:
I got a bit...

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