B-25 Bombers Attack the Japanese Stronghold at Rabaul "On the Deck!" (1943 Restored, HD)

[Music] [Music] or air force in the South Pacific was concentrated with complete secrecy for a series of raids on rebel we used every appropriate plane available and the enemy was caught with his planes down Captain Jack Manda's Operations Officer of the 501st Squadron briefed the crews Maj Bob fain gave the men radio instructions and told them how the formations would be flown [Music] the bombers and fighters circled for grouping over our obey [Music] coming in at a low level of apana Canal the medium bombers rake the airdromes drop gun positions an aircraft in the revetment and dropped para frags all along the strip [Music] [Music] [Music] this was the beginning of one of the most decisive blows the Japanese had suffered to date [Music] the following day the attack on rebel was continued the 38th bombardment group was among those who took part in the mission [Music] [Applause] [Music] the targets were again Bonica now and rob a pole and tow bearer airdromes the largest number of combat aircraft in the south or Southwest specific areas participated in these attacks the b-25s bombed and strop the airdromes destroying 100 enemy aircraft on the ground and severely damaging 51 others a trapa pole fuel and ammunition dumps operations buildings and radio installations were demolished or heavily damaged and he aircraft positions was silenced and the motor transport pool was wrecked with fires raging throughout the [Music] [Music] the b-25s continued the attack over the harbor begun by our heavy bombers and strop the ships that remain this was the first escorted bombing mission against rebel the use of recently constructed airfields at Kyra Weiner and wood Lark islands made it possible for our fighters to reach the objective upon their return the crews were immediately interrogated by the intelligence officer the raids continued its travel from the 11th to the 15th of October the heavy and medium bombers combined destroyed or sunk three merchant vessels two destroyers with hits scored on a submarine a sub tender a destroyer tender and a 7,000 ton cargo vessel in addition to the 100 planes destroyed and 51 severely damaged on the ground 26 of the 40 Japanese fighters that were airborne were shot down five of our planes were missing and others damaged the enemy's sustained a disastrous defeat [Music]

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Length: 7min 21sec (441 seconds)

Published: Sat Jul 04 2020