RAF Training Films

Intermediate Acrobatics - Wingovers and Chandelles (1942) (12 Minutes)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uYVqXqY2kb4

Intermediate Acrobatics - Barrel Rolls (1942) (9 Minutes)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FvFSwVPUl2k

 

Flight Training Emergencies (1942) (9 Minutes)

(High Altitude Emergencies)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1vT0L2fpFIU

Intermediate Flight Training - Small AirField Approaches (1942) (11 Minutes)
(A continuation of High Altitude Emergency Approaches)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vwY7O5sBsa0

 

USAAF Operational Fighter Tactics. Part 1 of 3 (1943) (10 Minutes)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tPauUs6BG24

USAAF Operational Fighter Tactics. Part 2 of 3 (1943) (9 Minutes)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ULvHXDLmjCg

 

USAAF Operational Fighter Tactics. Part 3 of 3 (1943) (8 Minutes)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VhmqVJusngc

 

Flight Training - Crosswind Takeoffs, Approaches and Landings (1942) (8 Minutes)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PHAYf2QBBTI

Flight Training - Basic Takeoffs, Approaches and Landings (1942) (14 Minutes)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aMgEo7I_4Tk

 

Enemy Interrogation of Prisoners (RAF - 1941)

A vastly inferior RAF film to the 1944 USAAF version posted earlier in this thread.
(Crew members must have been bored stiff watching this...)

Interesting nevertheless. Would have been a "must watch" until something better came along.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KoXQIcgMEhs

Officer's wife betrays RAF base
Careless talk costs lives.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tEsWH3iCYSw

 

The Link Trainer.

Good clip starting at about the 3 - 4 minute mark at: http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=970_1279947174

Information thanks to BBC People's Story at: http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ww2peopleswar/stories/08/a2307908.shtml

RAF Link Trainer Film. (2 Minutes)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5kmmKj7fbnI

USAAF Link Trainer Film. (2 Minutes)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MEKkVg9NqGM

 

Thanks for this excellent bit of memorabilia goes to Maureene on http://ww2talk.com

The film “Life In Air Command South East Asia” may be viewed online. (20 Minutes.)

“A two-reel film by the RAF Film Production Unit for presentation to airmen bound for India,
giving an idealised account of what they might expect to encounter after being posted to Air Command South East Asia (ACSEA).”

http://www.colonialfilm.org.uk/node/5430
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"Flight Sense" - "Before You Fly" - Two U. S. Navy Primary Flight Training Films. (59 Minutes.)
A well done WW2 era United States Navy training film on the basics of flight in the Stearman N2S biplane trainer aircraft.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JM1jSU4FEPw

 

Land and Live in the Arctic for World War 2 Airmen - 1943. (60 Minutes.)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cYwkpDwv5io

 

WW2 Fighter Combat Formations: Attack & Escort. (14 Minutes.)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x0Vke_HZtAE

 

Land and Live in the Desert for World War 2 Airmen, 1944 (36 Minutes.)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YQ-bda2Ik30

 

Aerial Torpedo Attacks at High Altitude and High Speed in World War 2 - 1945 (28 Minutes)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CPUc-cWAzBg

 

Profile of a World War 2 Test Pilot (28 Minutes.)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zh4wJ24eUPw

 

Fundamentals of Formation Flying -- Part 1 of 3 (10 Minutes.)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LnjANxcZyTU

 

Fundamentals of Formation Flying -- Part 2 of 3 (10 Minutes.)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NkWnXI9GDt8

 

Fundamentals of Formation Flying -- Part 3 of 3 (6 Minutes.)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sIOHqc5iUUU

 

Wings Up. USAAF Recruiting Film. (21 Minutes)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YH7BRZ0JBmg

 

USAAF Aerobatics Training, 1942 (19 Minutes)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ose7kcd_zKo

 

Recognition Of The Japanese Zero Fighter (20 Minutes.)

Thanks to: http://www.youtube.com/user/airboyd

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jeYLXZC63zw

 

Identification Of Aircraft - Japanese Fighters 96 and 97 (11 Minutes.)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X7PCBj0LF7U