Title:LUFTKAMPFE - JÄGER GEGEN BOMBER [Main Title]
Film Number:GWY 1563
Other titles:AIR COMBAT - FIGHTER VS BOMBER [Translation]
Summary: An air combat training film.
Description: The film analyses by means of graphs, diagrams and camera gun footage, actual attacks by Bf 109Fs on bombers. The film opens with a brief compilation of such attacks. Three attacks on 'Russian' bombers (a DB-3 and two unidentified aircraft, all in mid-1941) are then analysed. Aspects of the approach, range and sighting are discussed and the resulting scatter shown. The last aircraft is seen releasing its bombs prior to the attack and the undercarriage is seen dropping during the attack. The three Bf 109 pilots are identified as Major Trautloft, Hauptmann Joppien and Hauptmann Oesau.
Alternative Title:AIR COMBAT - FIGHTER VS BOMBER [Translation]
Production Details: Oberbefehlshaber der Luftwaffe (Production sponsor)
Reichsminister der Luftfahrt (Production sponsor)
Filmgruppe des Chefs des Ausbildungswesens (Production company)
Personalities, Units and Organisations:
Keywords: aircraft, German - combat: Messerschmitt Bf 109 (object name)
aircraft, Russian - combat: Ilyushin Il-4 & [DB-3] (object name)
combat, German - air (object name)
Instruction (concept)
Physical Characteristics: Colour format: B&W
Sound format: Sound
Soundtrack language: German
Title language: German
Technical Details: Format: 35mm
Number of items/reels/tapes: 1
Footage: 993 ft; Running time: 11 mins
