Fighter Combat Formation: Attacks and Escorts

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.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

March 13, 1944

Original language

English

Countries

United States of America

Production

First Motion Picture Unit,United States Army Air Forces

Cast

William Forrest,Ronald Reagan

Director

Otho Lovering

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

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