USAAC Thunderbolts escort heavy bombers over Europe (1943)

GAUMONT BRITISH NEWSREEL (REUTERS) To license this film, visit U. S. Army Air Corps fighter planes escort bombers to the target, engage Luftwaffe enemy fighters, Full Description: Gaumont British Ident SLATE INFORMATION: Escorted by Thunderbolts, A Day s Work for Fighters of America s Air Force ENGLAND: Unknown: EXT Republic P47 Thunderbolt, drop tank, U. S. Army Air Corps, war, Second World War, World War II, World War 2, WWII, fighter plane, aircraft, flight, escort, little friends, wingman, tandem, mission, squadron, Boeing B17 Flying Fortress, fourengine, single engine, dogfight, aerial combat, Messerschmitt Bf 109, attack, take off, takeoff, landing flight, land, ground crew, camera film, gun camera, ammunition, flak, ack ack, antiaircraft fire Background: U. S. Army Air Corps fighter planes escort bombers to the target, engage Luftwaffe enemy fighters, and return to base FILM