https://peertube.dngr.us/videos/watch/ede3d540-2219-4033-ae6f-096489b50ef7 Want to support this channel and help us preserve old films? Visit https://www.patreon.com/PeriscopeFilm Visit our website www.PeriscopeFilm.com Intended to train German fighter pilots, this silent WWII gun camera film shows Luftwaffe kills of Allied bomber aircraft. Almost all German and Allied fighters carried 16mm cameras to record and verify kills, and help improve overall tactics. They were often processed in the field and screened within a short time, both by intelligence officers and by air crews. The "flashes" in the footage indicate the use of tracer ammunition. The film starts with a card at (:08) that says "Final Film # 804" -- obviously one of a long series. The card at (:14) indicates "Original recordings from the war of fighter squadrons against bomber formations". At (:24), an airfield is seen with German aircraft in camouflaged revetments. A star shell or flare is fired and crews begin to scramble, at (:42) an FW-190 is started by hand crank. The planes take off at (:58). At (1:05), Oberleutnant (Flying Officer) Haala gun camera footage, flying an FW-190 against a "Jak 9" which is a Jakowlew Jak-9, Soviet fighter aircraft. With some research, it turns out that Haala's first name is Sigurd, he served in Jagdgeschwader x, JG 54, and he was awarded the Gold Cross in January of 1945. This particular kill dates to July 21, 1944. Haala was shot down and became a POW, and apparently survived the war. At (1:48), more footage of Haala engaging a Jak-9 on July 20, 1944. At (2:14), footage from Lt. Sterr of JG-54, also flying an FW-190, against a JL-2 -- most likely an Il-2 Sturmovik ground-attack aircraft. Sterr is very likely German ace Heinrich Sterr, credited with an astonishing 130 aerial victories predominantly claimed on the Eastern Front. Sterr received the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross, the highest award in the German military during World War II. Sterr was killed in action by USAAF fighters in November of 1944. At (2:43) gun camera footage by Lehmann of JG-54, probably Wolfgang Lehmann, August 10, 1944. According to a website, Lehmann shot down his first Yak-9 on July 13, 1944 and recorded his second kill on August 10th -- so this is likely that victory. At (2:50) gun camera footage by Major Spate of JG-54, shooting down a Soviet Lavochkin La-5. This is likely Wolfgang Spate, a major German ace with 99 victories to his credit. At (3:44), more footage of Haala dating to July 7, shooting down a Jak 9. At (4:56), gun camera footage of Scholz, of JG-3. This is almost certainly Günther Scholz, an ace with 33 confirmed kills, a veteran of the Battle of Britain, and a wing commander who served with the German Condor Legion during the Spanish Civil War. Here he is seen attacking a Boeing F-II, or from an American perspective, a B-17, on July 20, 1944. At (5:07), footage of Wollensach is shown on the ground from JG-300. He dons a parachute and is assisted into the cockpit by his ground crew. It's not clear who this pilot is; if you know write it in the comments. It's possible the name is misspelled and this is Albert Wollensah who was credited with a B-17 kill near Braunschweig. The footage dates to August, 15 1944 and clearly shows an engagement with a Boeing B-17. A wingman is visible in the take-off footage, and the attack is from the rear with focus on the tail gunner of the bomber aircraft. At (5:56) footage of Bosch, JG-3, August 16, 1944, engaging a B-17. This is likely Oskar Bösch, a German ace with 18 victories. Of his 10 victories recorded over the Western front, eight were four-engine bombers. According to the Internet, he had a victory on August 16, 1944 over Münden, Saxony, Germany. At (6:51), footage of Degener of JG-300 flying on August 9, 1944 against a B-17. This is likely pilot Hironymus Degener. At (7:22), footage of Schubert from JG-400, dating to August 24, 1944. What's especially interesting about this footage is that the pilot was flying a Komet rocket aircraft. The pilot is almost certainly Fw. Siegfred Schubert, and on this day he famously destroyed two B-17s in one sortie. He would later achieve a third victory, making him the top scoring rocket interceptor pilot in history. Schubert was eventually killed in an accident when the Me 163 he was in exploded on engine startup. Motion picture films don't last forever; many have already been lost or destroyed. We collect, scan and preserve 35mm, 16mm and 8mm movies -- including home movies, industrial films, and other non-fiction. If you have films you'd like to have scanned or donate to Periscope Film, we'd love to hear from you. Contact us via the link below. 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