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Can you imagine an airshow today with the following aircraft?: Ju88, Arado 234, Me-262, Me-163, Ju-290, A6M Zero, Macchi 202, Spitfire, Bf-108, B-32 Dominator, B-24,
B-17, B-29, B-25 and lots more. Thunderbolt low passes, Waco glider aerial pckup, Mitchells doing low-level bombing demos, etc..... not to mention the Heinkel 111, Me-410, German helicopters, V-2 and V-1 rockets, early C-82........!!!

This is a compilation of two films shot during the September, 1945 airshow at Freeman Field. The aircraft seen both in the air and on the ground are nothing short of spectacular. Many of the remaining captured aircraft have yet to arrive. Video provided by the Freeman Army Airfield Museum.

Video of airshow - https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=1723870789084

Link to museum site - http://www.indianamilitary.org/FreemanA ... nSTART.htm

Keep the shiny side up and the dirty side down!

Ret SMSgt Cliff Lord - C-130 Flight Engineer.

Cliff, you just made my night! That video was insanely good... While I guess some of those aircraft are the actual ones we now see in museums across the country, it sickens me to think how many were probably scrapped.

Now if I ever get this damn time machine finished I'll let you all know how the 1945 air show was!

Joe

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