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https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1563542/?ref_=nm_flmg_t_1_slf
1 posted on 11/24/2023 12:05:02 PM PST by know.your.why
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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.


2 posted on 11/24/2023 12:17:22 PM PST by Sparky1776
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That would be Army footage, not Air Force.


4 posted on 11/24/2023 12:43:59 PM PST by ansel12 ((NATO warrior under Reagan, and RA under Nixon, bemoaning the pro-Russians from Vietnam to Ukraine.))
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How did you find it to watch it?


7 posted on 11/24/2023 1:15:09 PM PST by MomwithHope (Forever grateful to all our patriots, past, present and future.)
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Ping


8 posted on 11/24/2023 1:17:50 PM PST by PROCON (Sic Semper Tyrannis)
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Try Zeno Warbirds on youtube.


10 posted on 11/24/2023 1:41:11 PM PST by SpeakLittle_ThinkMuch (A newspaper is a device for making the ignorant more ignorant and the crazy crazier.)
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Try your favorite search engine. Try lots of clues. Facebook has lots of military. groups. The library of CONgress has lots of information. There is a lot of stuff out there, Keep searching.
14 posted on 11/24/2023 2:04:57 PM PST by mountainlion (Live well those that did not make it back.)
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To: know.your.why; PROCON

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.


15 posted on 11/24/2023 2:28:24 PM PST by GreyFriar (Spearhead - 3rd Armored Division 75-78 & 83-87)
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Youtube is loaded with films of WW2 air combat

For example, do a search for WW2 German gun camera films.

17 posted on 11/24/2023 3:23:52 PM PST by Bonemaker (invictus maneo)
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I have a friend Michael Mikkelson who is researching WWII aircraft units for a book or possible TV series. He has thousands of memorabilia pieces from WWII bombers he has acquired . He is also on some groups of facebook. You can look him up there or let me know and i’ll get he email for you


33 posted on 11/25/2023 9:15:40 PM PST by wildbill (The older I get, the less the term 'life in prison" scares me)
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