1944 ARMY AIR FORCE WWII FILM “WEEKLY DIGEST “ OQ-2 TARGET DRONE 14th AIR FORCE CHINA 14744

Love our channel? Support us on Patreon: This film from WW2, released in late August of 1994, shows the demolition of the Army Air Force Base in Hengyang, China as Japanese forces were closing in, the OQ-2 drone used for target practice in Guadalcanal as well as the construction of a tar paper airstrip in Normandy. It was prepared by the Army Air Forces Combat Film Service (:28). It opens with the demolition of the air base in Hengyang, China in June of 1944 (:44). Japanese forces moved towards the area on the Hankow railway (:45). Anticipating an attack, the headquarters of the 14th Air Force (:57) was mobilized to destroy and evacuate all installations. Forces move equipment outside of the base (1:12) and load them into planes (1:22). Men begin digging holes (1:32) and prepare bomb fuses for explosives which were to further ruin the field (1:35). Half pound blocks of TNT were fitted into the noses of shells in order to detonate the thousand-pound bombs (1:48). Explos