FIGHTER COMBAT FORMATION: ATTACKS AND ESCORTS (1944)

Not Rated
Fighter Combat Formation: Attacks and Escorts
Documentary, War
March 13, 1944
English
0h 14m
United States
First Motion Picture Unit, United States Army Air Forces
An ace fighter pilot captain expects to get leave, but instead is ordered to Washington, where a colonel explains that mounting casualties among fighter pilots require new, battle-tested tactics in combat. The captain sets out to train a group of young and relatively inexperienced pilots in the new methods. Fighter planes are used as both attack aircraft and as escorts for heavy bombers, and a variety of flight patterns and defensive and offensive maneuvers are explained to the young pilots.
Cast & Characters
William Forrest
Colonel
Ronald Reagan
Captain
Crew
Otho Lovering
Director