Aerial Bombing Campaigns

Photographic documentation of bombing missions and their impacts during wartime, illustrating targeted damage to infrastructure in various locations.

Jam-Packed With Material For The Eastern Front, The Yards At Hamm, Germany Were Saturated By Tons Of Bombs For 8Th Air force Boeing B-17 Flying Fortresses On 16 Feb. 1945. Reported Destroyed; 350 Cars, 57 Tanks In Transit.

These are successive bomb burst photos of a causeway at Mantua, Italy, under attack by Republic P-47 Thunderbombers.

Hollandia, Dutch-BOMBING

Damage to Tatoi Airdrome, Athens, Greece, inflicted by bomb raids of the 456th Bomb Group. September 1944.

As Part Of A Systematic Campaign To Knock Our Rail Yards Serving Troops Ahead Of The Third Army, Fighter-Bombers Of Major General O. P. Weyland'S Xix Tactical Air Command Bombed This Yard At Grumberg, Germany. Republic P-47 Thunderbolts Dislodged Cars Fro

Avoiding The Great Craters Left By Bombs Of The 8Th Aaf, Landing Craft Nose Into The Shore Somewhere Along The Beachhead On The Coast Of Nazi Held France. Army Vehicles Dotting The Shore Shown In This 8Th Air Force Reconnaissance Photo.

Members Of The 78Th Service Group Servicing The Guns On A Republica P-47 At 8Th Air Force Station F-357 In Duxford England. 10 September 1944.

Jam-Packed With Material For The Eastern Front, The Yards At Hamm, Germany Were Saturated By Tons Of Bombs For 8Th Air force Boeing B-17 Flying Fortresses On 16 Feb. 1945. Reported Destroyed; 350 Cars, 57 Tanks In Transit.

Normandy On D-Day. The Corkscrew Line In The Rectangle At Center Of The Photo Is An Enemy Trench. To The Left Of The Trench Are Three Anti-Aircraft Installations.

After - Damage Assessment Of Mitsubishi Aircraft Engine Works At Nagoya, Japan. 12 April 1945.

Rome, Italy-Things were pretty hot on the Conto Celle Airdrome today after Martin B-26 Marauders of the 12th Air Force blanketed the field with fragmentation bombs. This photo shows excellent coverage in the airplane revetments and among the hangars.

General target area for Boeing B-29's is shown on photo of Anshan Mills, Anshan, Manchuria, taken from 30,000 feet.

Aircraft, Burma, India & Bombing,

Europe - Steaming Locomotive In Center Received Direct Hit From U.S. Artillery 12 Miles Distant With Tacr P-51 Directing Fire.

Bombs Dropped By Planes Of The 461St Bombardment Group, 766Th Bomb Squadron, 15Th Af On Feb. 16 1945 Head For The Intact Marshalling Yards At Rosenheim, Germany.

Debreczen, Hungary was hit on 2 June 1944 by 15th AF bobmers on their way from Italy to the Soviet bases. The rail yards and shop areas were badly damaged. Annotated are (6) all tracks severed or obstructed, (7) many hits on rolling stock, (8) car

Mantled by layers of white smoke after a recent daylight attack by Martin B-26 Marauders and Douglas A-20 Havocs of the 9th Air Force lies the besieged harbor city of Brest, France. The defended area screened by the smoke received direct hits from

Photo 1 Of 2: Bombs From A Martin B-26 (Marauder) Of The Northwest African Air Forces Fall On The Important Railway Bridge, Nine Miles Southeast Of Orvieto, Italy. The Bridge Is 200 Yards Long. Orvieto Is About 45 Miles Northwest Of Rome.

Low Level Bombing Using Parofrog Bombs Over Vunakanua, Rabaul, New Britain By The 501St Sq. Of The 345 Bg. On 12 Oct. 1943.

Smoke From Exploding Bombs Rises From The Railroad Yards At Benevento In Italy In The August 27 Attack By Usaaf North American B-25 Mitchells Of The Northwest African Air Forces. Benevento Is The Junction Of Lines From Rome And Foggia (Naaf Photo)

Bombing of railroad bridge at Pontabault, France, by 45th Combat Wing, 3rd Air Division, 12 June 44.

Results of repeated air attacks are shown in these two pictures of a salvage pile at the northeast end of the fighter dispersal area at Vunakanau Airfield.

(left) Vertical of St. Raphael, France shows start of D-Day bombardment aimed at saturation of all beach defenses. Greatest weight of bombs is falling in area behind beach, whose sands, as photo shows, were free of obstacles. (right) St. Raphael bomb

BORAM/WEWAK, NEW GUINEA BOMBING

This Aaf-Made Photo With Superimposed Merton Grid Was One Of The Many That Helped Our Artillery Mash Up Enemy Positions Before The February 1945 Thrust Across The Saar. Obliques Like This Are Keyed To A Map; Figures At Bottom Of This Photo Refer To Map G

During -- Strike Photo Of The Nakajima Aircraft Company, New Ota Plant, Takasaki, Japan. 30 March 1945.

Enemy Installations At Mourmelon, France, Are Covered With Bomb Bursts After Consolidated B-24S Of The 458Th Bomb Group Dropped Their Bombs On 12 August 1944.

Bombing Of Enemy Harbor Installations At Wilhelmshaven, Germany, On 22 March 1943, By Planes Of The 2nd Bomb Division, 8Th Air force. Altitude 22,000 Feet.

The bridge at Montalto di Castro has been only damaged by bomb-blast; but the line has been cut clean in two places on either side. This line runs down the West coast; the cut is just above Rome and the point of the Allied landings on 22 Jan.

Beachhead at San Jose, Corregidor, P.I. is attacked by Douglas A-20s at low-level just before the air-and-sea envelopment.

Two Focke-Wulf 190s pass below.

Aircraft, Burma, India & Bombing,

Aerial View Of The Surrounding Area Just South Of Naha Airfield, Okinawa, Ryukyu Retto, 16 July 1945.

Airfield At Roth, Germany, Which Was Ploughed Up By The Retreating Germans To Prevent Usage By The Allies.

The reason why the Japaneseanese A.F. could not defend Balikpapan against 13th AAF attacks is illustrated in this picture of Manggar airdrome, built by the enemy in the defense ring around the major Borneo oil refining center. Attacks by the 13th AAF

Bomb damage to Siracourt, France

Bombs dropped by Martin B-26 Marauders of the 12th Air Force blast important highway and road bridge at Piacenza, Italy, on 12 July 1944.

Enemy on Kiska.

United States task forces landed on Japanese-held Attu Island, westernmost point of the Aleutians on May 11, and are now battling the enemy there, it was announced today by the Navy. The action followed two and a half months of intensive bombing of enemy

Bombs Fall Toward The Linz North Marshalling Yards In Austria During A Mission By Planes Of The 461St Bombardment Group, 764Th Bombardment Squadron, 15Th Air Force, On January 20, 1945.

Result of attacks on September 9, 1943.

The unusual sight of two aiming points (see arrows) being hit at the same time is seen in the above photo. In this part of the 17 May double-header, 117 Boeing B-17 Airplanes made the 8th Air Force's 8th attack against the submarine base at Lorient

Aerial View Of The Town Of Campobasso, Located In Central Italy About 40 Miles West-Northwest Of Foggia. After The German Army Was Driven North, Campobasso Became The Home Of A Large Military Hospital For Soldiers Of The 2Nd Polish Corps. The 2Nd Polish

Aircraft, Burma, India & Bombing,

Aerial View Of Cub Field #6 On Okinawa, Ryukyu Retto.

Bombs Dropped By Boeing B-17 Flying Fortresses Of The 401St Bomb Group Burst On The Target Of The Day -- An Airfield Near Rheine, Germany, 31 March 1945.

Consolidated B-24 Liberators of the 98th Bomb Group, 15th Air Force, bomb airdrome at Otopeni, Rumania. 26 August 1944.

PISTOIA, ITALY, This AAF photograph shows precision bombing of the bridge and marshalling yards. Hits are scored on strategic targets which will be out of commission for weeks, and useless as supply arteries for enemy war material.

Post Strike Photo Of Aichi Engine Works At Nagoya, Japan, After June 9, 1945, Attack By Boeing B-29S Of The 20Th Air Force.

Aerial View Of Cub Strip At Ters On The West Coast Of Okinawa, Ryukyu Retto. The Strip Was Used By Piper L-4's For Artillery Spotting And Vultee L-5S Were Used For Evacuation Of Wounded From The Island. 16 July 1945.

Bombing of Tours, France, 8 June 44. Minutes after this picture was taken American heavies dumped their lethal load on the bridge which is located east of the city proper.

Bombs from U.S. Army Air Force Flying Fortresses and Liberators fall on the outlying factory area, southwest of Berlin, during the March 6, 44 large-scale daylight raid.

TWIN PATTERNS--Bombs from U.S. 8th AF heavy bombers burst on the Varrelbusch airbase in Germany 24 March 1945 as they pounded Nazi jet in support of airborne landings east of the Rhine.

Aerial View Of The Bomb Damaged Railroad Yards At Nuremburg, Germany. 16 May 1945.

Location: West of Signa, between Lastra a Signa and Montelupo Fiorentino, on Pisa/Florence Route. MR point Q 323682. Attacks: 1 April. 24 B-26 Marauders; 191 x 500 lb bombs. Reconnaissance 10 April; bridge appears impassible.

Aircraft, Burma, India & Bombing,

Shadow Of Doom---Swooping Low To Strafe A Loaded Truck On A Highway Beteen Genoa And Turin, This U.S. Army 12Th Air Force Republic P-47 Thunderbolt Has His Own Shadow (Lower Right) Caught By The Camera Which Recorded The Effects Of The Attack. Denying Us

Photo Of Marshalling Yard At Courtrai, Belgium After Attack Of 26 July 1944 Shows Almost Complete Obliteration.

Lae Planes Will Fly Again--for U.S.-As triumphant Allied troops occupied Lae airfield, New Guinea, they were accompanied by a score of 5th Air Force Technical (crash) Intelligence Officers and their assistants. Each was assigned a number of the

Aerial View Of The Southern Approach To The Airstrip Near Finschhagfen, N.E. New Guinea, 13 December 1943. Filed: War Theatre #19 (Finschhafen, N.E. New Guinea) Fields & Installations.

DAMAGE FROM THE AIR FOR D-DAY. One of the most fortified and contested spots on the French invasion coast was Pont d'Hoe, of the St. Pierre du Mont sector. More than 1500 500-pound bombs left most of the heavy concrete observation posts and

A Consolidated B-24 Liberator Of The 8Th Air Force 34Th Bombardment Group, Leaves Its Target, Military Installations At Russelsheim, Germany, Covered With Bomb Bursts During A Mission On 20 July 1944.

Atom Bombing Of Nagasaki - Atom Bomb Damage In Nagasaki, Japan.

A Rocket From An Aircraft Of The Desert Air Force, Heads For Barges And Workshops At Marano, On The Adriatic Coast Of North Italy Between Venice And Trieste. Planes Of The 12Th Air Force Are Constantly On The Alert For Hun Ships And Barges Attempting To

The Target Markers Are Still Visible As Bombs Burst On Enemy Installations At Wurzburg, Germany. 23 Feb. 1945.

Aircraft, Burma, India &PHOTOGRAPHY,NIGHT War

The important German communications center, the town of Rimini, on the east coast of Italy, before it was bombed by Boeing B-17 Flying Fortresses and Consolidated B-24 Liberators on December 28 1944.

The enemy's demolitions have scalloped the quays. Our bombings have done the rest.-Leghorn, Italy.

Shinhih, important Japaneseanese supply point for the current Hunan campaign received a pasting from the "Liberators of China", heavy bombardment group of Maj. Gen. Claire L. Chennault's 14th AF. Note the explosions on both sides of the river indicating

CVA 64 Constellation , Ships, Naval Vessels, Boats, Naval History, Navy

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The War Comes To Lorient! Two Bombs Dropped By 8Th Air force Heavy Bombers Hurtle Toward The Target At Lorient, France.

This photo shows how the most heavily bombed city on earth looked to the 470 8th Air Force heavies which visited it on 8 March 44. Marked districts are: Tiergarten (A), Tempelhof yards (B) and airport (C), Grunewald yards (D), Wilmersdorf (E).

Ota, Japan - Nakajima Aircraft Plant Before Attack Produced 15 To 20 Percent Of Japanese Combat Aircraft.

Aerial View Of The Bomb Dump At 91St Bomb Group At Bassingbourne, England. 7 February 1944.

Mitteland Canal (near Minden) Germany, after 8th Air Force attack on 26 Oct. 1944. Five barges were washed through 80-ft. breach in embankment cut by 851-ton load. Canal and adjacent aqueduct were both drained. More barges are seen stranded on canal

Tokyo Palace Area - Night Raid - 26 May 1945.

GERMANY-Just before U.S. 8th AF heavy bombers launched their attack on the vital rail marshalling yards at Rheine, about 35 miles north of Munster, 5 Oct 44 the target appeared as shown.

Schweinfurt, Germany

This reconnaissance photo shows the German-held Italian cruiser of the Regolo class, the Ottaviano Augusto (No. 1) on her side in the Ancona harbor, on the east coast of Italy. The 444-foot light cruiser was hit by North American B-25 Mitchells of

Three large unidentified buildings and two smaller ones have been completely destroyed at the fuel storage area in Paris after the 22 June 44 attack by 8th USAAF heavy bombers. Fires may still be seen burning hours after the assault.

Aircraft, Burma, India & Bombing,

AFTER: Attack on Grasseto, Italy.

Just North Of Merzig, Germany, The Nose Camera Spots Barbed Wire Defenses And A Road Bridge Demolished By The Nazis. "Dicing" Or Low Level Photo And Visual Reconnaissance Mission Flown By Capt. Robert J. Holbury, 10Th Photo Group, 9Th Af.

Two sub-assembly shops at the aircraft factory in the Waggum district of Brunswick, about 40 miles west of Hanover, were considerably damged by the 8th USAAF heavy bomber attack of 5 Aug 44. Three hangars at the nearby airfield are partially

Aerial View Of Bomb Damaged City Of Brunswick, Germany. 10 May 1945.

Boeing B-17E Airplanes in flight over Lorient, France (Note bombs exploding on ground.)

This Moselle river bridge north of Trier, Germany, an important route for supply and troop movements of Von Rundstadt's attacking German Army, is undergoing bombardment by 1000-pound bombs from U.S. Army 9th Air Force B-26 Marauders, four of which

Aircraft, Burma, India & Bombing,

Bombing Of Heinkel Factory--Airdrome Schwechat. Schwechat, Austria, 24 May 44.

Two aircraft shelters, a long shed, one workshop and eight barracks buildings were all destroyed at the St. Andre airdrome in northern France by the 12 June 44 attack of U.S. 8th AAF heavies. Over 66 direct hits have been made on runways and taxi

Parafrag Bombs (Encircled) Dropped On The Kagi Railroad Yards In Formosa By North American B-25's Of The 5Th Aaf.

Aerial View Of 8Th Air Force Station 167 Hospital With Ambulances Parked In Front. 381St Bomb Group - Ridgewell, Essex County, England.

Frankfurt, Germany After A Bombing Attack.

Collection of World War I Photographs, 1914-1918 that depict the military activities of British and other nation's armed forces and personnel during World War I.

American bombing raids show how, with precision bombing, men of the U.S. Army 12th Air Force strike military targets. Each bomb crater has been retouched in white for easier identification, and no bombs fell outside the comparatively small area

Dunkerque, France. Anti-tank walls shown in the oblique photograph are constructed across the ends of streets next to beaches as a defense against landing parties. These shown in the photo, near Dunkerque, are several feet thick. Some of these are

The 9th USAAF bombed this railway bridge at Mantes. This town, just north of Paris, is a bottleneck for Nazi troops and supplies moving to the battle zone from the south and east. Mantes is the site of a railway and a highway bridge crossing the

Sapri, Italy Bridges, BEFORE: This target was selected for attack on 8 Sept. so that the Salerno battlefield could be sealed off from the south during the 5th Army landings.

Bombing of the Taggia RR/Bridge by B-26 Marauders.

four Nazi tanks were caught dispersed in Field in Bulge area, Belgium, 24 Dec. 1944. Incendiary bullets from 9th fighter-bomber strike the nearest tank.

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