Web videos: WW2 Dive Bombing,P-38s, B-29s, B-25s, Galland & more

Zeno's Warbird Video Drive-In January 2012 Newsletter

Hello World War 2 aircraft fans --

You are invited to drop by Zeno's Warbird Video Drive-In
http://www.zenoswarbirdvideos.com/
to view this months showing of six classic World War 2 aviation videos
streaming over the Web. I've selected five favorite videos plus a new
premier feature, "Air Strikes Against Japan."

As always, all of the videos showing on our web site are for your free
viewing pleasure. Help "spread the word" by liking us on Facebook. Now
on Twitter @ZenosWarbirds

Now showing "At the Matinee" at Zeno's Drive-In

Introduction to Dive Bombing - Remastered for web streaming Before you
leave the deck in your Dauntless, you'd better learn how to hit the
target. The US Navy pioneered dive bombing techniques after World War
I and it shows in this informative film, produced by the Department of
the Navy in 1943. You'll learn everything from the basic theory of
dive bombing to how to put your egg on a real target, including fast
moving ships at sea. Navy SBD "Dauntless" dive bombers delivered fatal
blows against the Japanese carrier force at the battle of Midway using
the same techniques you'll see in this film. A must for history buffs
and virtual combat pilot's alike.

Air Strikes Against Japan - NEW! This documentary was produced after
World War 2 using archival footage, complimented with additional maps
and graphics. It gives a clear overall picture of the Allied air
offensive against the Japanese home islands. While the video focuses
on the deployment and use of the revolutionary B-29 Superfortress,
you'll see much more, including Jimmy Doolittle's inspiring raid on
Tokyo and rare late War footage of carrier based strikes against the
Japanese mainland. A good overview of an under reported aspect of
World War 2 Air combat operations.

Back Door Gang P-38s :430th FS Color Scrapbook. Drive-In Exclusive
Original Production Newly discovered color film of the 430th FS, 474th
FG, 9th Air Force. From the get go, the 474th was configured as a
ground attack unit, but they also provided bomber escort and level
bombing, led by Norden equipped "Droop Snoops." One of three P-38
squadrons in the 474th, the 430th's call sign was "Back Door," and its
planes and pilots are featured in the film in the Spring of 1945 at
their base in Florennes, Belgium, a former Luftwaffe Night Fighter
base. You'll see intense (and rare) color gun camera film showing
strafing attacks inside Germany, as well as color footage of B-26s and
a P-61 Black Widow. Perhaps most memorable are the all too brief,
silent portraits of the men who flew those dangerous missions. It's
amazing how color film brings 60+ year old images to life.

Winged Artillery - Exclusive -- reconstructed audio & color corrected
video. Nine 75mm cannon firing B-25Gs of the 48th Bomb Squadron, 7AAF,
based on Apamama in the Gilbert Islands, conduct a hair raising tree
top level strike on the Japanese air base on Mille. Also features
amazingly well preserved and very rare color footage of daily life of
air crew and ground personnel stationed on the islands. As a bonus,
you'll watch Sea Bees using heavy equipment to transform these hard
won tropical atolls into fully functioning air bases and ground crews
maintaining the Mitchell's massive canons.

Luftwaffe Finis! Exclusive production. This original documentary is
composed of recently discovered color film of top Luftwaffe leaders
and pilots taken as they fell into Allied hands at the end of World
War II. See Reichsmarschall Herman Goering, commander of Luftwaffe
fighter forces Adolf Galland, Stuka pilot & tank buster supreme Hans
Rudel and many more. Captured aircraft are shown as well, including an
Me 262, the first jet fighter, and an FW 190. These color images make
history come alive.

Operation Titanic "Politics makes strange bedfellows!" The problem:
key Axis strategic assets were located so deep in Eastern Europe that
they either could not be reached by Allied bombers or involved a
lengthy round trip that exposed aircraft to heavy German attacks. The
solution was Operation Titanic, aka "Operation Frantic Joe," one of
the most audacious and least known strategic operations of the war.
U.S. 15 Air Force bombers and fighters based in Italy bombed targets
in the East, landed in Russia, refueled & rearmed, and then hit
another target on the way back. 8th Air Force bombers based in the UK
did the same. The Soviets provided three bases in the Ukraine; heavy
bombers at Poltava and Mirgorod and the fighters at Piryatin. The US
provided material to substantially upgrade them. This film tells that
story.

If you haven't stopped by Zeno's Drive-In before, we also feature
1940-45 vintage WWII Army & Navy films and pilot's manuals on how to
fly the F4U, F6F, P-38, P-39, P-40, P-47, P-51, P-61, TBF/TBM, AT-6/
SNJ, B-17, B-24, B-25, A-20, A-26, B-26, B-29, and Stearman N2S.
Alert! - don't miss the F-86 & B-58!

Free admission for all. That's over 14 hours of rockin' World War II
props & jets for free viewing over the Internet!

Zeno


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Web videos: WW2 Dive Bombing,P-38s, B-29s,B-25s, Galland & more