GERMAN ME-109 & FW-190 FIGHTER PILOT GUN CAMERA FOOTAGE vs. AMERICAN B-17s & P-38 LIGHTNING 45334

Dating to 1944-45, these silent films contain a record of Luftwaffe pilot kills over Europe. These kind of “gun camera“ films were used both to document and verify kills and probables, but also to assess the techniques used in the dogfights. The film contains various encounters beginning with an attack by an Fw-190 on a Lagg 5, or Lavochkin La-5 This was one of the Soviet Air Force’s most capable types of warplane, able to fight German designs on an equal footing. In this case however the Soviet pilot was