Fighter Combat Formation: Attacks and Escorts
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.
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Fighter Combat Formation: Attacks and Escorts
- Overview
- Cast
- Crew
Status
Released
Release Date
Mar 13, 1944
Runtime
0h 14m
Genres
Documentary, War
Original Title
Fighter Combat Formation: Attacks and Escorts
Production Companies
First Motion Picture Unit, United States Army Air Forces
Director
Otho Lovering
Description
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.
