Naval Aircraft Worker’s Digest, The (Pacific War)

The Naval Aircraft Worker’s Digest (Pacific War) About role of plane production and technology in Pacific war. 21:54:30 LS aircraft carrier at sea; plane up on elevator, parked on deck, taking off. Planes flying. Aerial views Japanese war ships bombed & strafed. 21:55:40 Bougainville battle, planes bombing as US troops on ground advancing, fighting; w/ flame throwers. Aerial views Japanese war ship off Raboul, US planes attacking. 21:56:59 Map of Pacific area. LS navy gunners firing aboard ship. Japanese plane hit & dives in flames into sea. 21:57:50 F4U-1D Navy Corsair in flight, various CU detailed shots. CU: Skull & Crossbones Squadron symbol. Commander Tommy Blackburn talks about water injection. Japanese planes shot and downed. 21:59:33 Sign: “captured enemy equipment unit”, technical air intelligence center, damaged enemy planes wheeled in warehouse to study design. Looking at flesh riveting of aluminium sheets. Engineers in workshop look at engines from Japanese engine bombers Kasei-15. Spare parts piled. 22:00:27 Convoy off Saipan, attack on Saipan. Bombing, troops disembarking into landing craft, scout planes catapulted. US infantry advance on Saipan island. Japanese airfield w/ destroyed Jap Zero planes. US plane takes off on Japanese airstrip. Map of Pacific region shows distance Saipan from Japan & China. 22:02:15 US Saipan casualties carried on stretchers, wounded treated, dead in US flag lined up on ship & buried at sea. Wake of ship. Planes take off from carrier. WWII War Effort Propaganda; Fighting; Pacific Battles;