Aerial Bombing Campaigns

Black and white images capturing aerial bombing campaigns during warfare, highlighting dramatic landscapes and military strategies involving aircraft.

Aerial view of Corregidor, Philippine Islands with chutes in foreground. Wrecked barracks can be seen in the background. 1944.

Bombing of Hollandia.

A Fleeing German Army Rushes Madly Northward As Allied Armies In Italy Give Chase. This Convoy Of Vehicles, Tanks And Horse-Drawn Carts Had Just Forded The Tresinaro River At Cadi Caroli, Between Modena And Reggio, When A Flight Of Republic P-47 Thunderb

288M Boram 16 Oct 43 - 1050K 7'100' 501Bs - 345Bg 126-158 094.

Bombing of Boela Island, Netherland East Indies.

Low Altitude Reconnaissance Photograph Of Bernburg, Germany.

Heavy equipment of the 808th Aviation Engineers Battalion is used in construction of an airstrip at Saidor, New Guinea. 18 January 1944.

Steel and concrete pill-boxes and gun emplacements, miles of barbed wire entanglements, and innumerable obstructions were the order of the day along beaches of Northern France prior to D-Day. U.S. 8th Air Force heavy bombers dropped thousands of tons

Bombs Burst On Defenses Of Ile D'Oleron, Off The West Coast Of France After Planes Of The 320Th Bombardment Group, 444Th Bombardment Squadron Dropped Their Bombs On This Target On April 30, 1945.

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

Aerial view of Corregidor, Philippine Islands with chutes in foreground. Wrecked barracks can be seen in the background. 1944.

Aircraft, Burma, India & Bombing,

Clark Field on Luzon was the primary target for Far East Air Force bombers during the all-important weeks before General MacArthur's landing in Lingayen Gulf, but the other Jap airfields had to be neutralized too. Low-level North American B-25's and

A Lockheed P-38 "Lightning" comes in for a landing at Leyte, Philippine Islands. This was the first fighter to land on the strip at Leyte.

From one of the lowest altitudes ever attempted in battle, paratroopers jump among the trees and 12-ft. high kunai grass of the Markham valley. There were no fatalities and injuries were confined to bones broken hitting trees. 503rd Parachute

Combined operations Air-Naval attack of 22 July. This magnificent panorama taken on 22 July during Air-Naval operations off Kiska, shows five U.S. ships cruising about 4,000 yards off the south shore. At far left is a Sims Class destroyer, preceded

Photographs depicting military activities in France, May - June 1940. Included photographs of Rommel, Guderian, Dreuz, Bottcher, Italian General Garaboldi, Lucie Rommel, shots of Rommel with Hitler. Photographs of equipment and troops arriving and in action, from the personal collection of Rommel.

Boeing B-17 Flying...

Throughout the past months, the heavy bombers of the 8th Air Force have been dropping vital supplies and weapons to the men of the Maquis. Dropping low over the German occupied territory, the heavy bombers roar in with bomb bays open and out tumble

Germany - 3Rd Army Engineers Assemble A Pontoon Bridge From The East Or Bridgehead Side Of The Rhine. The 1St Tanks And Vehicles Were Ferried Across On Pontoon Sections Whcih Were Later Formed Into A Bridge. The Operation Was Carried Out Under Continuou

Aircraft, Burma, India & INDIA,RESCUE War

OVER THE NETHERLANDS--Supplies are dropped from Consolidated B-24s to the paratroopers fighting near Best, Holland, 18 September 1944.

This Scene Of Desolation, Once The Thriving Railroad Yard At Friedberg, Germany, Represents The Terrific Striking Power Of The Medium And Fighter-Bombers Of Major General Hoyt S. Vandenberg'S 9Th Af. In An Attempt To Keep Open This Important Facility For

A section of devastated CASSINO, taken from a low-flying Cub the day after the little town was captured by the advancing Allied Armies.

Historic photographs of the Norfolk Naval shipyard located in the Fifth Naval District. Operating under the Department of Defense and the Department of the Navy.

Description: Leewards. St. Kitts Aerodrome. Location: St Kitts, Leeward Islands, West Indies Date: August 1944 caribbean, caribbeanthroughalens

A huge bomb crater near the airfield at Rome, Italy. 4 July 1944.

Low Level View Of Japanesean -- This Gun Camera Photograph Of The First Strafing Mission On A Japanese Mainland Target By P-51 Mustangs Of The U.S. Army 7Th Fighter Command Shows 50-Cal. Ammunition Pouring Into The Hangars And Shop Buildings Of The Kanoya East Airf

Inland supply lines, vital to the enemy's oil reserve, received careful and continued attention from th eB-24's. Bridges necessary to the Japaneseanese transportation network were prime targets throughout the campaign and scenes like the above became

German Demolition Squads Knocked Out This Bridge Photographed From A 9Th Af Plane, As The American And Russian Armies Drove Toward Each Other For The Link Up At Torgua, Germany. May 1945.

Entrance to Aquia Creek, the Channel runs past the batteries. Morgan collection of Civil War drawings. Artillery (Weaponry), 1860-1870, Forts & fortifications, 1860-1870, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Military facilities, United States, Virginia, Aquia Creek , United States, Virginia, Potomac River , United States, Virginia, King's Point

Aircraft, Burma, India &ELECTRONICS,RADAR War

Navy plane nosed over while another lands. Leyte Is., P.I.

Aircraft, Burma, India & Bombing,

Allied Installations Near An Airfield At Rome, Italy. 4 July 1944.

During the early days of the invasion, ships were deliberately sunk to create breakwaters for the protection of shipping facilities at the beachheads. A string of ten ships, scuttled to ofrm an "L," is shown here off an American beachhead in Normandy

Atomic Bomb Damage In Hiroshima, Japan.

Original caption: "Wash-out in Palm Canyon. Jan. 22, 1943.". 1936 - 1942. Pacific Region (Riverside, CA). Photographic Print. Department of the Interior. Office of Indian Affairs. Mission Agency. 11/15/1920-6/17/1946. Photographs

The Air Force In Europe These Days Is Keeping A Sharp Eye Out For Any Trouble That May Develop. This Is Part Of The Face Of Germany, In The Upper Reaches Of The Rhine.

Camouflaged Bivouc area Fld. maneuvers.

Planes Of The 9Th Troop Carrier Command Drop Parachutes Containing Supplies Over Bastogne, Belgium. 23 December 1944.

Bomb damage at Hollandia Drome New Guinea.

Parachute Bombs Dropped By The 345Th Bomb Group Float Down Towards A Railroad Station In Southeast Luzon, Philippine Islands.

Bombing of Vunakanau...

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.

Aimed at their objective are bombs from a formation of AAF B-26's (Martin "Marauders") over Orvieto, Italy. The target, a railroad bridge North of Orvieto, key junction point on the Rome-Florence railroad, was attacked by two formations of the medium

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.

Rocket Site At Wizernes, France. Photo Taken Prior To Attack Of 21 July 1944.

As shown, taxiways and hangers are hard to strafe. Caves have been utilized for base headquarters, storage and even hangers for medium bombers.

Even though the Japaneseanese destroyer was crippled by the blast at the left, attacking North American B-25s deliver a bow attack off Cape Gloucester. A bridge amidships prevents most destroyers from bringing all AA guns to fire to blow or stern.

Boeing B-17 Flying Fortresses of the 15th AAF leave the target area at the port of Razanak, Yugoslavia, in smoke after the attack of May 27, 1944. The Fortresses, escorted by Lockheed P-38 Lightnings, let loose a concentrated pattern of bombs which

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

Curtiss C-46 Commandos Of The 9Th Troop Carrier Command Hold Their Formation As They Wing Their Way Over France. 20 March 1945.

LOW-LEVEL BOMBING. A North American B-25 "Mitchell" medium bomber of the U.S. Army 5th AF swoops low over a fiercely burning Japanese plane to release its bomb load on the Japanese air base of Alexishafen, on the north coast of New Guinea. The attack was

This Is The Attack - A Lone Martin B-26 Marauder Breaks Away From The Ostiglia Bridge Target As Smoke Rises From A String Of Bombs Walking Across The Enemy'S Last Link Over The Po River Between Germany And The Front Lines In Northern Italy. The Germans H

"In August 1965, during Operation Starlite, a Marine tank searches a riverbed 16 miles south of Chu Lai, Vietnam. The search party is looking for possible hiding spots of the Viet Cong and discovers several holes along the shores. Photograph by Sgt. Choste, Defense Department, Marine Corps. A185827, August 18, 1965."

American soldiers operate a 106-mm recoilless rifle during the Vietnam War on March 31, 1966.

Original caption: "Wash-out in Palm Canyon. Jan. 22, 1943.". 1936 - 1942. Pacific Region (Riverside, CA). Photographic Print. Department of the Interior. Office of Indian Affairs. Mission Agency. 11/15/1920-6/17/1946. Photographs

DDE-765 Keppler , Ships, Naval Vessels, Boats, Naval History, Navy

Bomb Damage To Cassino, Italy, After Bombing Attacks By Allied Planes. The Centuries-Old Monastery Had Been Used By The German Defenders As A Strongpoint To Block The Allied Drive On Rome.

Bombing of shipping in Swatow Harbor, China, November 4, 1943.

This photograph gives some idea of the number of troop carrier planes (Douglas C-47s) which brought in supplies and reinforcements to Lt. General Joseph W. Stilwell's Chinese-American forces at Myitkyina, Burma after the strip had been made usable by

North American B-25s parked in front of the Operations Building at Ladd Field, Alaska. The temperature was -35 F. February 1944.

Douglas C-54 Crash, 1391St Aaf Base Unit, Santa Maria, Azores, 4 July 1945.

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.

Photographs depicting military activities in France, May - June 1940. Included photographs of Rommel, Guderian, Dreuz, Bottcher, Italian General Garaboldi, Lucie Rommel, shots of Rommel with Hitler. Photographs of equipment and troops arriving and in action, from the personal collection of Rommel.

Historic photographs of the Norfolk Naval shipyard located in the Fifth Naval District. Operating under the Department of Defense and the Department of the Navy.

Historic photographs of the Norfolk Naval shipyard located in the Fifth Naval District. Operating under the Department of Defense and the Department of the Navy.

Aircraft, Burma, India &Fields & Installations,MISCELLANEOUS War

The 410-Foot Vignola Road Bridge, Across The Pamaro River, Was Plastered By B-25 Mitchels Of The 321St Bomb Group On April 19, 1945, Making It Unusuable For The Then Retreating Wehmacht Forces. This Bridge Linked Highway 9 To The Heavily Defended Area Sou

Photographs depicting military activities in France, May - June 1940. Included photographs of Rommel, Guderian, Dreuz, Bottcher, Italian General Garaboldi, Lucie Rommel, shots of Rommel with Hitler. Photographs of equipment and troops arriving and in action, from the personal collection of Rommel.

Smoke Billows From Rail Cars After Low-Level Bombing By The 38Th Bomb Group On The West Coast Of Formosa.

Air Transport Command Enlisted Men's Club On Ascension Island. 5 October 1945.

Knatchbull M (capt the Hon) Collection View from the front line looking towards Achi Baba: Gallipoli, 1st May 1915.

Original caption: "Soboba Res. - Culvert headwall at Sta. 39. Aug. 1936". 1936 - 1942. Pacific Region (Riverside, CA). Photographic Print. Department of the Interior. Office of Indian Affairs. Mission Agency. 11/15/1920-6/17/1946. Photographs

Despite The Enemy'S Attempt To Camouflage The Airdrome At Vannes, France, Bombs Dropped By Planes Of The 8Th Af'S 100Th Bombardment Group Hit Squarely On The Target. 23 Sept. 1943.

The Results Of Strafing Attacks By Fighter Planes Of The Desert Af, Supporting The Allied Ground Troops In Driving The Germans Out Of Northern Italy, Are Shown Here Blasting An Enemy Motor Convoy Retreating Northeast, In The Vicenza Area. Large Clouds Of

At this point the Japanese vessels are trying to gain open waters while bombs from U.S. Fighters rain down.

OVER THE NETHERLANDS--Supplies are dropped from the air to paratroopers fighting in Holland. 18 September 1944.

Aircraft, Burma, India & Bombing,

DD-783 Gurke , Ships, Naval Vessels, Boats, Naval History, Navy

Aircraft, Burma, India & INDIA,RECREATION War

Kenghluang Bridge in North Thailand, a connecting link on the startegic railroad supplying Japaneseanese troops in Eastern Burma is knocked out by bombs from North American B-25 Mitchells of the U.S. Army 14th Air force--the famous :Flying Tigers"

FRANCE-Sept. 44-Davy Jones' locker is the next station on this railroad across the Seine. It was knocked out by the 9th AF, a bitter block to the retreating Germans who were bottled up all along the Seine.

Detachment 101, an enigmatic Allied intelligence and special operations unit during World War II, played a pivotal role in the Burmese theater. Operating deep in the jungles of Burma, their mission was multi-faceted, encompassing guerrilla warfare, espionage, and sabotage against Japanese forces. Comprising a diverse group of individuals, from OSS agents to indigenous fighters, they effectively disrupted Japanese supply lines, gathered critical intelligence, and supported resistance movements.

Bomb Damage At The Fortezza Marshalling Yards In Italy, By The 15Th Air Force Bombers.

A Douglas C-54 carrying mail lands on Samar Airdrome, Philippine Islands, 25 May 1945.

Bombing Of This Underpass Near Arezzo, Italy, Disrupted The Nazi Supply Line.

Detachment 101, an enigmatic Allied intelligence and special operations unit during World War II, played a pivotal role in the Burmese theater. Operating deep in the jungles of Burma, their mission was multi-faceted, encompassing guerrilla warfare, espionage, and sabotage against Japanese forces. Comprising a diverse group of individuals, from OSS agents to indigenous fighters, they effectively disrupted Japanese supply lines, gathered critical intelligence, and supported resistance movements.

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.

Detachment 101, an enigmatic Allied intelligence and special operations unit during World War II, played a pivotal role in the Burmese theater. Operating deep in the jungles of Burma, their mission was multi-faceted, encompassing guerrilla warfare, espionage, and sabotage against Japanese forces. Comprising a diverse group of individuals, from OSS agents to indigenous fighters, they effectively disrupted Japanese supply lines, gathered critical intelligence, and supported resistance movements.

Members of the 94th Fighter Squadron, 1st Fighter Group sit outside their tents and discuss events of the day at their air base in Sardinia.

Fort Fisher, North Carolina. Panoramic view of front. (Part 3). Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 . United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865.

'Monastir; du lac d'Ostrovo a Monastir : vue prise en areoplane de la premiere ville serbe que vont delivrer les soldats du prince Alexandre, avec l'aide de leurs allies, Francais et Russes.', 1916. From "Collection de la Guerre IV. L'Illustration Tome CXLVII. La Guerre Juillet, Aout, Septembre, Octobre, Novembre, Decembre 1916".

Squatting In Their Dispersal Area At North Field, Guam, (Marianas Group) Are Planes Of The 29Th Bomb Group, 314Th Wing. This View, Looking East, Shows Part Of The Southwestern Area Of North Field. The 19Th B.G.'S B-29'S Are Located In The Background.

The dive of a Consolidated B-24 photographed from another B-24 in formation at 9,500 feet; Land is Cape Gloucester, Gasmata, New Britain.

This picture emphasizes the obscurity of the target, almost hidden in the snow covered hills. The navigators were commanded for taking the Fortress formations to it. Three sighting runs over the target were made by some formations before the

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.

Quezon Strip-An extension of Espana Boulevard in Manila, used by the enemy as well as by the Army air Forces after its capture on 5 February 1945. Americna airplanes were flying off this field when the front line was only a mile away.

During the construction of Eunice Airstrip in New Guinea, native labor was recruited to help build the strip. The natives were small of stature, but when enough of them pulled together they were usually able to accomplish tasks given to them.

PBY wreck from WWII. Alaska Task Force Photographs

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