World War II Fighter Jets - Paul Schaefer Collection

Duration: 0:04:20

Year Published: 1970s

Sound: sound

Description: The fighter planes featured in this 1970s news footage from San Antonio’s KMOL-TV (now WOAI-TV) belong to the Confederate Air Force (now the Commemorative Air Force), a non-profit dedicated to preserving World War II combat aircraft. Dynamic aerial shots showcase historic planes in flight, including a P-51 Mustang, a Lockheed P-38 Lightning, and a Vaught F4U Cosair. Onlookers cheer, and the planes land. Unidentified guests disembark a C-47 transport plane and prepare for a ceremony. Most of this footage is silent.