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 Three Photos Show What Happened To Le Bourget Airfield Outside Paris, When It Was Recently Bombed By American B-17'S In Force. Strong Enemy Fighter Resistance Was Encountered, But Thunderbolts Supporting The Operation Destroyed 17 Of The Enemy Figh

Hawaii - Pohakea Artillery Spur, Aerial Photograph.

Air Battle over Bremen, Germany.

The 14th Air force also take slow level pictures. A North American B-25 took this photo of a light reconnaissance bomber on Japanese-occupied Blair Field at fort Bayard on Liuchow Peninsula of South China. This plane is probably an Ida (T.98).

Spectacular Crash At Byoritsu Oil Refinery, Formosa, Was Photographed By A B-25 Of The 5Th Af's 345Th Bomb Group On 26 May 1945 Just As It Released Its String Of Parafrags. North American B-25 N0. 192 Was Hit By Flak From A Camouflaged Battery And Trails

Nufilia, Libya. A long line of Allied transport on its way to the front with supplies for the advancing troops passes a bomb-shattered enemy encampment. Bomb craters are to be seen near roofless buildings recently occupied by men of Rommel's

Aerial view of gliders used by 9th Troop Carrier Command during invasion of Holland. 17 Sept. 1944.

Aerial View ,. Photographs of the First Naval District

Repaired several times and rebuilt once, the Cecina rail bridge was finally knocked out for keeps on 16 March 44. But not until 10 May 44 did the Hun stop trying to throw new spans across the river; fighter-bombers never let them finish the job.

View Of Harbor Installations At Tokyo Showing Damage Inflicted By U.S. Forces During Previous Months.

Almost Continually After D-Day Each Tactical Air Command In The 9Th Air Force Was Assigned Daily A Net-Work Of Nazi Rail Routes To Attack, Dependent Upon Curret Reconnaissance Reports And Over-All Operational Plan. P-47S, With Some Work By P-38S And P-51

Jesselton airdrome in North Borneo had been built up by Japaneses until it approached in power and size the "deluxe" airdromes on Palau. Then, 17 Dec. 1944, Consolidated B-24 Libs from the "Fightin' 13th" AAF's "Long Ranger" outfit came over, assigned to

Bomb Damaged Railroad Yards In The Brenner Pass, Italy.

Radio-controlled "Azon" bombs released on the Moerdijh R/Y Bridge, Holland, 25 Aug 44.

Orient Heights , Construction, Express highways, Orient Heights. Photographs of the First Naval District

Germany - The Abutments Of A Mosell Bridge At Grevemacher Stand Nakedly After Nazi Demolitions And 9Th Af Bombings. "Dicing" Or Low Level Photo And Visual Reconnaissance Mission Flown By Capt. Robert J. Holbury, 10Th Photo Group Of The 9Th Af.

Aerial View Of Bomb Damage In Cologne, Germany.

Bomb Damage To The Eller Railroad Bridge In Germany.

14,000 FEET UP, BOMBERS HIT 10-ofOT TARGET--It's a direct hit! From 14,000 feet up, bombs from Liberators of the 308th Bomb Group of the U.S. Army 14th Air force have just landed on this hairline, 10-ofot wide Japanese target the "Old Yellow River

Blasted Bridges Reflect The Fury Of Allied Attack And The Swiftness Of German Retreat In Western Germany. Goering Bridge At Neuwied, Germany Sags In The Rhine After 9Th Af Attacks.

Fighter Pilots Of The 355Th Fighter Squadron, 354Th Fighter Group Being Briefed Before Taking Off On A Mission Over Enemy Territory. German, 17 April 1945.

Marshalling Yards At Ancona, Italy, Were Bombed Day And Night By Planes Of The Mediterranean Allied Air Forces.

Lille, France. Three hundred thirty 300 lb. GP bombs were dropped by 33 Martin B-26s from 9,500 to 11,000 ft. At the right are shown (A) and (B) 80 bursts on reception sidings, including two hits on paper works, more near engine sheds, (C) 30 bursts in

Aerial view of German Hospital Ship in Da Nang Harbor, Vietnam. The photograph, taken by Sgt R. Provencal on January 23, 1970, depicts various vessels including fishing boats, landing craft, and the USS Tripoli LPH-10. The image was captured during activities of the 1stHarDiv Vietnam. This is a 35mm negative from the Defense Department.

Mt. Bilbil, near Baguio in the Philippine Islands. Air support was requested after the Infantry had failed in three attempts to take this ridge. The 33rd Division in their offensive to Baguio on the Naguilian road was held up by the Japanese who were

Consolidated B-24s pick for their target of the day, river barges 8 miles south of Coblanz, Germany, on the Rhine River, and break up a four barge tow, 20 July 1944.

Bombs Fall Toward The Already Bomb-Blasted Marshalling Yards At Wiener Neustadt, Austria, During A Mission By The 347Th Bomb Squadron, 99Th Bomb Group On 26 March 1945.

A formation of Boeing B-17 Flying Fortresses passing over Bolzano, Italy, where they bombed the important railroad yards on Nov., 10, 1943.

A tranquil scene in Normandy in the midst of hell since the opening of the Second Front. This 9th Air force Aerial Photo was taken on the way to blast another target in the continuous assault on the enemy installations.

U.S. Military Cemetery, Bengasi, Libya. This Cemetery has now been moved to Oran. After the Germans bombed the city of Bengasi, the remaining natives moved away and our Cemetery was not well kept.

B-29S Attack Dock City -- Fire Bombs From B-29's Drift In Toward The Target, In This Case Docks And Warehouses At Osaka, Japan, During A Daylight Incendiary Attack.

Aerial view of Naval Air Station , Air bases. Photographs of the First Naval District

This Aerial View Showing Bomb Damage On Betio Island, Tarawa, Gilbert Islands, Was Taken From A Navy Pby - Two Weeks After The Island Was Captured From The Japaneseanese. 4 Dec 1943.

Concentration of bombs spreads over Brunsbuttel Locks, Germany

A couple of pyramids, a bunch of airplanes and some splattered dust, smoke and fire, is about all a pilot sees when he strafes an unsuspecting enemy airfield. This shot, taken with a gun camera which takes movies whenever the pilot presses

DAMAGE FROM THREE ATTACKS: This picture shows ships smoking an hour after the Nantes morning attack of 23 Sept. At (1) is floating dock sunk, which was hit on both days. Other damage includes: 16 Sept- (2) tanker capsized; (3) destroyer sunk; (4)

Atomic Bomb Damage In Nagasaki, Japan.

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

Bomb Damage To Airdrome Near Pisa, Italy.

With the Bay of Naples in the background this remarkable photograph taken by a reconnaissance group of the Northwest African Air Forces, vividly pictures Mount Vesuvius in the left foreground, smoke pouring from its crater. The city of Naples is at

POMELAA, DUTCH CELEBES, N.E.I.-BOMBING

Boeing B-29 "Superfortresses"' Of The 21St Bomber Command, Parked On The Line At An Airfield On Iwo Jima, Bonin Islands.

Fragmentation bombs start showering down, blasting one corner of the field.

U.S. Army Air Forces plane flew low over Salamaua, Japanese-held air base 15 miles south of Lae, New Guinea, to get this unusual shot of the terrain.

At Blois, near Orleans on 11 June 44, heavy bombers of the U.S. 8th USAAF bombed the bridge across the Loire there plus a large military camp. Nazi reinforcements for the beachhead would find it difficult to make their way across this span after the

Nagoya, Japan -- The Mitsubishi Aircraft Assembly Plant Is 71%% Destroyed In This Reconnaissance Photo Made After The May 16 1945 Mission Of The U.S. Army 21St Bomber Command.

Bomb Damage At Bremen, Germany.

Aircraft, Burma, India & Bombing,

M/Sgt. Mike Berrett, Boston, Mass., Crew Chief For A Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, Scrubs The Ice Off A Wing Of His Plane. The Plane Took Off For A Raid Over Germany, Despite A Blizzard That Was Raging Over The Airfield In Framlingham, England. 10 Februa

When large para-packs full of supplies, dropped on Randolph Field on Leyte Island in the Philippines, they made large holes in the strip, so the Engineers stands by to fill in the holes as soon as the pack is carried away.

Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" going down over Schweinfurt, Germany.

Countryside between Toulon and Cannes is speckled with parachutes that brought in men, supplies and equipment.

39 installations, including all the vital buildings, were partially destroyed at the Daimler Benz aero engine and motor transport plant at Stuttgart, southeast of Frankfurt, Germany, by the attack of 8th AF bombers, 5 Sep 44.

U.S. Military Cemetery located on a small hill near Mateur, Tunisia.

POINTING THE WAY--Among the varied targets for U.S. Army 8th AF heavy bombers on the seventh consecutive day of large scale attacks, were Nazi airfields. Here explosive bombs follow marker bombs down to hangars and other installations at the

12th AF A-20 swings away after hitting road junction at Cori, 20 miles north-east of Anzio.

AOR-1 Witchita , Ships, Naval Vessels, Boats, Naval History, Navy

Aerial View Of The Railroad Yards At Kreiesen, Germany. 10 May 1945.

Railway Bridge And Highway Bridge At Konz-Karthus, Germany, Both Of Which Span And Saar River At Its Junction With The Moselle River, Were Totally Destroyed By Concentrated 9Th Aaf Attacks.

American Troops Were Fighting The Town Of Zerbst, Southeast Of Magdeburg, Germany, When This Spectacular Tactical Reconnaissance Photo Was Taken By 1St Lt. Richard G. Burron, Massillon, Ohio, On 15 April 1945. Flying A North American P-51 Mustang Scout P

Two Days After The Normandy Landings The U.S. 8Th Af Was Assigned The Task Of Knocking Out 11 Major Loire River Railway Bridges. Shown Is The Long Bridge At La Possonniere, France, Which Carried An Important Single Track Line, Before And After Bombing.

U.S. Military Cemetery at Tripoli, Tripolitania, Libya.

Night photo of Breteuil, France, taken at 10,000 feet by Lt.Colonel Leon Gray's U.S. Eighth Air Force Reconnaissance Group. Photo was taken in the dead of night by the use these flash bombs that individual tree shadows along the road may be counted.

Aerial view of a part of the area affected during the flood disaster of 1953. Note: The description of this photo is not yet complete and will be supplemented on the basis of the data available at a later stage. However, of many photos of the flood disaster 1953, the location is unknown.

Superfortress Target - B-29's Of The 20Th Air Force Are Pacing The Mounting Air Assaults Against Japan. Burned-Out Areas In Japanese Cities Now Total More That 126 Square Miles. This Photograph Was Taken From 19,000 Feet Above Yokohama During A Recent

Low Level Bombing Using Parofrog Bombs Over Vunakanua, Rabaul, New Britain.

Two Communist Cuban Naval PT boats with small boats in tow off Northwest Beach Anguilla Island. Two Communist Cuban Naval PT boats with small boats in tow off Northwest Beach Anguilla Island.

After Bombing Of The Romana Americana Oil Refinery, Ploesti, Rumania.

AE-24 Pyro , Ships, Naval Vessels, Boats, Naval History, Navy

This vitally located rail center at Offenburg, on the main supply line to Southern Germany and the German troops on the Rhine facing Strasbourg was hit by Boeing B-17 Flying Fortresses and Consolidated B-24 Liberators of the 8th Air Force. Bombing

This unusual photograph of a Luftwaffe pilot jumping from his damaged plane was made by Major James Dalglish, Rome, N.Y., a U.S. 9th Air force fighter-bomber pilot, during a recent air battle over the Belgian Bulge. The enemy pilot deserted his ship

An aerial view of Hoi An, Vietnam taken in April 1970 showing the First Marine Division's tactical area of responsibility. This photograph, labeled as 35mm Negative AMD-1068-70, was taken by 1st Lt. James Frier and is a part of a series captured during the Vietnam War. The image shows the terrain and structures within the area of Hoi An. This photo is a part of the Defense Department's collection taken by the Marine Corps.

Bomb Damage To A Factory On The Outskirts Of Ludwigshafen, Germany. Damage Was Caused By 9Th Af Bombers.

Landing Fields - Christmas Island, Aerial Photograph.

Aerial view of the Massacre Bay Area, taken 20 September 1943, from an altitude of 4,000 feet. A section of the north-south runway of the Casco Naval Air Base is at right. Attu, Aleutian Islands.

EUROPE-(top) This typical attack on a locomotive by low-flying fighters attain primary objective by concentrating hits on the boiler. (Center & bottom) Steam belches from stricken engine. During week of 13 Aug 44, Allied fighters destroyed more

On August 21, 1943 a formation of Liberators was on a mission to bomb the nickel mining installations for Pomelia in the Celebes. Out of the cumulus clouds popped an armed Japanese transport plane resembling a Douglas DC-3 with the roundel of the

TARGET IN THE HILLS OF NORWAY--Columns of smoke rising from bombs bursting on Germany's most important source of a vital metal-a molybdenum mine in the mountains of Norway at Knaben, cast long shadows into the valley below. It was a

Aircraft, Burma, India & INDIA,RESCUE War

Dutch Gap Canal ... April 1865. Civil War Photograph Collection , No. 1122. Canals, Virginia, James River, 1860-1870, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Transportation.

Aerial View Of The Bomb Damaged Railroad Yards At Kaiserslautern, Germany. 8 May 1951. Year Probably An Error - 8 May 1945 According To Following Caption

Silhouetted Against A Blaket Of Fleecy Clouds, These Boeing B-17 Flying Fortresses Of The 381St Bomb Group, 8Th Air Force, Are En Route To Bomb Enemy-Held Target In Europe.

Ft. Nassau. Morgan collection of Civil War drawings. Forts & fortifications, 1860-1870, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Military facilities, United States

Corregidor, P.I. - Paratroops Are In Control Of Topside. The First Wave Of Landing Craft Has Unloaded At South Dock And All Except One Boat Are On The Way Out As Second Wave Comes In. Smoke On The Beach Is Probably From Land Mines.

Brazilian Pilots Flying Republic P-47 Thunderbolts Thunderbombers Of The 12Th Af Hit One German Motor Park At Villafranca, Flew On To Attack Another.

Naval Station , Naval yards & naval stations, Naval Station. Photographs of the First Naval District

Ordnance materials research facility , Armories, Architectural drawings, Watertown Arsenal Mass.. Records of U.S. Army Operational

1,000 lb bomb crater at Kweilin, China prior to evacuation.

Captain Green Jungle Rescue, 19 March To 4 April 1945. A Pt-19 On A Search And Rescue Mission Which Crashed Three Minutes Flying Time From Shingbwiyang Air Field, Burma. Before The Injured Pilot (Captain James L. Green) Could Be Evacuated From The Hills

Bomb Damage To Brest, France 26 September 1944.

Aerial view of a part of the area affected during the flood disaster of 1953. Note: The description of this photo is not yet complete and will be supplemented on the basis of the data available at a later stage. However, of many photos of the flood disaster 1953, the location is unknown.

Bomb Damage To The Marshalling Yards At Florence, Italy. These Yards Were Wrecked During Bombing By The 42Nd Bomb Wing On 26 September 1944.

United States Cemetary #2 At St. Mere Eglise, France.

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

TYPICAL TARGET: On 27 Sept. 68 Martin B-26s dropped 83 tons of bombs on Conches airfield, including (A & B) 115 bursts on north dispersal area, (C) 45 on assembly tarmac (D & E) 85 more on west dispersal (F) 200 bursts on runway.

World War I, War Map of Italy (Veneto), 1917. Engraving from French newspaper Le petit journal. November 25, 1917.

Some of the damage inflicted on Aachen, Germany, during the assault of the city by artillery action and 9th AF dive-bombing. The area pictured was a No Man's Land at the time the photograph was taken.

Aaf Cuts Enemy Supplies By Destroying Po River Bridges, Attacking Brenner, Other Rail Routes. Heavies Hit Beyond Alps.

Hits are seen on a locomotive in Holland under the strafing of Lt. Brown on July 30. He was on his way home.

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