# 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 shot out of the sky. At 1:25 is footage of the shoot down of a P-38 Lightning by an Fw-190. At 2:30 , a B-24 Liberator is attacked by a Bf-109 / Me-109. At 3:34 , an attack by an Fw-190 on a Boeing B-17. This approach is typical, from the rear and aimed at the engines and tail gunner. At 4:29 and 4:50 , 5:19 , 5:55 , 6:17 , more Fw-190 attacks on the B-17. The attack at 7:43 is very close, likely indicating that the tail gun on the bomber was put out of action. Around 7:42 you can see a large piece of aircraft depart (or possibly someone bailing out through a roof hatch?) At 7:54 , 8:39 , 9:37 , Fw-190 vs. B-24 Liberator. At 9:56 , in an astonishing sequence, a Liberator takes a severe beating and is wracked with explosions of cannon fire. The aircraft that were being used in the film are the FW-190 and the Messerschmitt Bf 109. The Focke-Wulf Fw 190 Würger (English: Shrike) is a German single-seat, single-engine fighter aircraft designed by Kurt Tank in the late 1930s and…

- Kind: Film
- Genres: Industrial and advertising
- Archive: [Internet Archive](https://archive.org/details/45334GermanAirplaneGunCameraMos)
- Licence or status: none stated by the archive
- Who can watch: Tweens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

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