Movie

Fighter Combat Formation: Attacks and Escorts

(en)

1944

14m

Fighter Combat Formation: Attacks and Escorts

Documentary

War

Overview: 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.

Status: Released

Release date: March 13, 1944

Countries of origin: United States of America,

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Production company:
  • First Motion Picture Unit, United States Army Air Forces

Top Cast

William Forrest

William Forrest

as Colonel

Ronald Reagan

Ronald Reagan

as Captain