U.S. NAVY PILOT TRAINING CARTOON “ COLLISIONS OCCURRING DURING SIMULATED COMBAT “ MIDAIR 34164c

Want to support this channel and help us preserve old films? Visit Visit our website Dating to the immediate post-WWII period, this U.S. Navy cartoon “Collisions Occurring During Simulated Combat“ was likely made by the UPA Studio. The cartoon features three fatal incidents in which naval aviators broke the rules and ended up in mid-air collisions. The stories are contrasted against three tactical tales of romance involving various aviators and a certain attractive young woman. The first incident shown involves a training flight in which two pilots make an unplanned, unauthorized simulated attack on a PB4Y Privateer. The wingmen lose track of each other and are killed when their planes collide. At 2:30, a group of Bearcats are shown in mock fighter director flight, and one pilot makes a fatal positioning mistake resulting in a midair collision. At 3:48, two aircraft in mock dogfight end up colliding in mid-air after pressing their attacks too vigoro