Consolidated›Gun camera synchronized with the wing guns of a low-strafing P-51 Mustang reveals Heinkel 177 blazing on German airdrome after the U.S. Army 8th Fighter Command unit swept over the field. Low-level attacks, among the most hazardous of aerial combat

Publication:

US, Black and White and Color Photographs of U.S. Air Force and Predecessor Agencies Activities, Facilities, and Personnel - World War II

Theater Number:

12

Theater:

Europe

Place:

Germany

Category:

Aircraft, Ground

Sub Category:

Consolidated

Short Caption:

Gun camera synchronized...

Caption:

Gun camera synchronized with the wing guns of a low-strafing P-51 Mustang reveals Heinkel 177 blazing on German airdrome after the U.S. Army 8th Fighter Command unit swept over the field. Low-level attacks, among the most hazardous of aerial combat

Photo Series:

WWII

Updated Subject:

GERMANY, STRAFING &COMBAT

History:

[none entered]

NARA Reference Number:

342-FH-3A20384A-51947AC

Conflict Period:

World War II

About US, Black and White and Color Photographs of U.S. Air Force and Predecessor Agencies Activities, Facilities, and Personnel - World War II

This series of photos documents an important era in US military aviation history, especially activities of the US Air Force during World War II.