This is incredible

[LA_MERC_Onji]

1945 Outstanding Gun Camera Raw Footage from Japan

Watch fullscreen if you can, so surreal:

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[LA_MERC_Cowboy_From_Hell]

Wowzers! Some cool stuff there. A couple of the engagements after the 5 minute mark had INBOUND flak..scary stuff. Also, a few times I saw what looked like outbound missles...I didnt think they had any air launched propelled missles at that time. I'm not a WW2 officianato though.

[LA_MERC_th33_r00k]

I was thinking the same thing about the inbound anti aircraft stuff. Pretty intense.

[LA_MERC_YellowDog]

Yes, it looked like what could be considered missiles launched into the factory at 4:07... that was a surprise. Some of the factory runs, the air field runs, and train were impressive.

Some of those passes were real close to ground.

[LA_MERC_Bacowrath]

Wow....today pilots rarely see their targets because they fire from so far away. These old timers had mad piloting skills. BTW...those are not missiles, they are rockets. No guidance systems, just pilot skill. Amazing how close up and personal they got back then to confirm the kill.

[LA_MERC_Spark]

wow

[LA_MERC_goose]

Half of that footage is Biggs shooting me down in BF2 ...

Seriously, though, those guys were awesome.

[LA_MERC_johncst]

NO NO NO IT IS ME SHOOTING YOU DOWN