WW2 Fighter Combat Formations: Attack & Escort w Ronald Reagan -1943 - Restored

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Compare this US Army Air Force training film with the US Navy film "Offensive Tactics Against Enemy Fighters" http://youtu.be/C_iW1T3yg80 also on my channel.

An experienced Army Air Force fighter pilot, played with his usual verve by Ronald Reagan, is called back from the front to lead a fighter tactics class in Flight School for rookie pilots. (On first hearing he's headed stateside, the Gipper exclaims, "Two solid weeks of babes & beverages!") The film starts with the AAF way for forming. deploying and maneuvering fighter formations from two ship elements to 12 plane squadrons & how to take on enemy fighters. Then the focus turns to tactics for escorting friendly bombers and attacking enemy bomber formations, including close escort, top cover, using the sun to blind opponents and employing decoys in the attack - and more. Well illustrated.

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