WWII 1944 WEEKLY DIGEST #26 AIR STRIP CONSTRUCTION 99th AFRICAN AMERICAN FIGHTER SQUADRON 51284

Love our channel? Help us save and post more orphaned films! Support us on Patreon: Even a really tiny contribution can make a difference. This WWII film is a part of the series released by the U.S. Army Air Forces titled ‘Weekly Digest’. It shows various footage from WWII fronts including construction of the airstrip on Green Island, footage of the pilots of the first all African American fighter group, the 99th Fighter Squadron, and captured German soldier interrogations in Italy. The film was prepared by the First Army Air Forces Combat Film Detachment (:22). The first segment takes viewers to Green Island off the coast of the Solomon Islands in March of 1944 (:32). A new airstrip was built within striking range of Rabaul (:39). In the Russell Islands, shipping caravan’s and LST’s prepare to deliver supplies (:54). One of the groups to make the trip is a detachment of the Army Airways Communication System (1:02). Trucks and equipment pack into LST’s (1:12). A barrag