Posted on 11/24/2023 12:05:02 PM PST by know.your.why
I have come across a very hard to find WW2-Europe video documentary called 'A Fighter Pilots Story' and would like to chat with history buffs on the subject. Any help is greatly appreciated! Thank you.
Not an expert but enjoy history and I’m a USAF vet of the Cold War. There’s an F-16 ping list here somewhere.
That would be Army footage, not Air Force.
“That would be Army footage, not Air Force.”
United States Army AIR FORCE. 1941-1947
Yes, the Army’s Air Force or Air Corps, the “Air Force’ did not exist.
How did you find it to watch it?
Ping
“United States Army AIR FORCE. 1941-1947”
But they are requesting Air Force footage from WWII. WWII ended in late 1945 and the Air Force didn’t come into being until late 1947, a little over 2 years later.
The AAC was an army based force and was among other branches like the marines and navy that had aircraft decades before. The two main reasons the AF was not made into a single entity was money because of funding during the depression and later problems with coordination with the Army Central Command. They didn’t actually get those problems covered until late in WWII.
So it may be symatics, but if they are trying to be factual looking for a group that does this, they might need to understand when things actually became what they are looking for.
wy69
Try Zeno Warbirds on youtube.
United States Army Air Corps.
Unfortunately I don’t know of any groups. Hopefully someone else reading your post will be able to help you out.
Quentin Aanenson’s movie first began as an interview on the PBS TV station, WETA, in Wash DC sometime in the 1990s. I remember seeing it. It was later expanded into a biographical story of his life and WWII experiences as a combat pilot. It appears that this movie is that extended PBS documentary.
I found the following from the editor of the movie on IMDB.com (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1563542/?ref_=nm_flmg_t_1_slf)
“I’m the Editor/Co-Producer of “A Fighter Pilot’s Story”. I would like to thank you for the wonderful reviews. In response to brettidwell, I would love to rerelease the film on another platform and offer to sell copies again, however, the music licensing ran out years ago and am unable to do so. I also considered creating a new version in HD, but the budget required to do so would be about a half million. Since I don’t have the energy to fund raise and spend the incredible amount of time on recreating this doc, I won’t be able to fulfill the requests. Thank you to everyone that has supported this story over the years. Quentin passed in 2008 and was an incredible person, along with being my father in-law.”
Nearly all of the official military film done by the individual military services is on deposit at either the National Archives in College Park, MD - https://www.archives.gov/research/motion-pictures/ww2 ; or the Defense Information Center Movie Collection at March Air Reserve Base. However, since I last dealt with them 6+ years ago, there has been a re-organization and it is now part of the Defense Visual Information Distribution Service (https://www.dvidshub.net/) Hopefully you can get a contact through them about WWII USAAF official movie films.
United States Army Air Corps.
For example, do a search for WW2 German gun camera films.
The United States Army Air Forces (USAAF or AAF) was created on 20 June 1941 as successor to the previous United States Army Air Corps and is the direct predecessor of the United States Air Force.
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