# 1945 ARMY AIR FORCES COMBAT BULLETIN 84 GERMAN ARADO AR 234 BLITZ BOMBER 79614

Made in 1945 after the German surrender, this WWII combat bulletin was produced by the Army Air Forces. It shows various combat scenes and developments, starting with the use of JATO bottles for aircraft at Wright Field in Dayton, Ohio. At 1:40 , bomb damage is seen at Mainz, Germany including extensive damage to the city's railway terminals and electric power plant. At 2:20 , Worms Germany is seen almost entirely decimated by bomb strikes, although the cathedral is seen relatively intact. At 3:30 , the German Arado 234 jet bomber is seen, captured intact after a belly landing. The Arado was the world's first operational jet-powered bomber, built by the German Arado company in the closing stages of World War II. Produced in very limited numbers, it was used almost entirely in the reconnaissance role, but in its few uses as a bomber it proved to be nearly impossible to intercept. It was the last Luftwaffe aircraft to fly over Britain during the war, in April 1945 At 5:20 , bomb damage is seen in Bologna, Italy, including wrecked bridges and railroad lines that kept the Germans from moving troops to the front.At 6:50 , a crash-landed B-17 Flying Fortress is seen burning on the runway at Lucera, Italy. At 8:00 , the film switches to the Pacific Theater where aerial bombing of Burma and China is seen in the China-Burma-India Theater, including at 10:00 a strike at Kweilin, China, where the 14th Air Force used to have a gigantic air base. At 10:50 , captured Japanese aircraft…

- Kind: Film
- Genres: Industrial and advertising
- Archive: [Internet Archive](https://archive.org/details/79614ArmyAirForcesJetAssistedTakeOff)
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