Aerial Bombing Damage Assessments

Photos provide aerial views of bomb damage to strategic locations during wartime, showing destruction in various regions across Europe and Asia.

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Smoke Rises From Bomb Bursts At The Aircraft Factory At Budapest, Hungary On April 3, 1944, During A Mission By Planes Of The 15Th Air Force's 97Th Bombardment Group, 414Th Bombardment Squadron.

After -- Damage Assessment Of The Shizuoka Aircraft Engine Works At Shizuoka, Japan. 13 April 1945.

During - Strike Photo Of Tachikawa Aircraft Factory At Tokyo, Japan. 24 April 1945.

The destruction caused on this Nazi supply junction Raliway yards at Hasselt by B-26 Marauders of the 9th A.F. in Easter week may be seen clearly on this photo. It shows very many bomb craters, one of which is 150 ft. long by 40 ft. wide causing

The Center Of The Rail Link At Eschwege, Germany Erupts Skyward As Planes Of The 8Th Air force Bomb On 22 Feb. 1945.

Bombs From Boeing B-29 Superfortresses Burst In Japaneseanese Storage Dumps And Railway Yards At Kuala Lumpur, Malay.

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Bombing Of Ober Pfaffenhoffen, Germany, On 13 April 1944, By The 2Nd Bomb Division, 8Th Air force.

Bombs Dropped From Consolidated B-24 Liberators Of The 458Th Bomb Group Explode On Marshalling Yards In Landshut, Germany. 16 April 1945.

During the bombing of Zietz, Germany.

Severe Bomb Damage At The Synthetic Oil Plant At Lutzkendorf, Germany After Bombing On Feb. 9 1945 By The 8Th Air force.

Over four hundred planes of...

BOMB BURSTS ARE SEEN BLANKETING THE SOUTH MARSHALLING YARDS STARTING FIRES AND CAUSING MANY EXPLOSIONS. BURSTS IN THE NORTH YARDS AND THE ADJACENT ASTRA ROMANA REFINERY (LOWER LEFT) HAVE CAUSED TREMENDOUS FIRES COMPLETELY OBSCURING THE TARGET.

This Aerial Photograph Of The P-Plane Emplacement At Watten, France In The Pas De Calais Area Was Made 26 June 1944, After Repeated Attacks By British And American Bombers. Bombs Have Blanketed The Site And The Woods Around It.

Bombing of Tobera airfield, New Britain.

In The Raid Of 7 May 1944 Of The Ammunition Depot Near Aubigne, France, 94%%%%%%%% Of The Buildings On The Western Side Were Destroyed Or Damaged, And 100%%%%%%%% Of The Buildings On The Eastern Sider Were Destroyed Or Damaged.

Huge plant received heavy additional damage. Junkers Engine factory at Dessau, Germany, 16 Aug 44.

Smoke billows into the sky from hits on hangars at the Nazi air transport base, Lyon, France, during an attack by the U.S. Army 8th Air Force. Other bombs cover additional buildings on another side of the field.

During -- Strike Photo Of An Unidentified Chemical Plant At Koriyama, Japan. 13 April 1945.

Near Metz, France is located the Troyes rail junction. Almost all lines have been cut and nearby installations have been considerably damaged by the 8th USAAF attack on 3 Aug 44. This photo was taken by an 8th AF reconnaissance plane the following

Nancy-Essey, France-After bombing. In south hangar area (1) two double hangars are completely destroyed, one is half destroyed, the fourth damaged by blast. Small buildings (2) have disappeared.

Big Consolidated B-24 Liberators Of The 15Th Aaf Hit The Rail Yards At Allesandria, Just South Of Milan On April 30 1944. Medium Bomber Attacks On Yards In Middle Italy Piled Up The Freight In Northern Yards, Made Ripe Targets For The Heavy Bombers. Tha

Atomic Bomb Damage In Nagasaki, Japan.

Bombs completely covering the target.

Three large hangars at the Bordeaux/Merignac airfield in France were partially destroyed by the 15 June 1944 attack of U.S. 8th AAF heavy bombers. One large workshop is completely destroyed and the other has been damaged. Numerous craters cover the

Nazi Naval Base & Rubber Plant hit. Camouflaged oil tanks send up twin 2,000 ft. pillars of smoke.

TWIN CONCENTRATIONS--Continuing their support of ground troops, heavies of the U.S. 8th Air Force struck enemy communications behind the lines 8 June 44. Here a heavy concentration bursts on a bridge at Orleans, France, while smoke rises from

Railroad yards at Munster, Germany under attack by U.S.A.F. heavy bombers.

Smoke mushrooms up over the Sassoula rail and road bridge in northern Italy behind the Gothic Line as Martin B-26 Marauders of the Tactical Air Force hit the target.

FLYING FORTRESS DESTROYED OVER NIS. Literally bursting in mid-air, this Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" with the starboard wing breaking between the engines is being engulfed in flames that have already disintegrated the tail section and prevented the

En route to bomb vital rail marshalling yards at Hanau, Germany 12/26/44, cameras in U.S. 8th Air Force heavy bombers catch first glimpses of neighboring airdrome as they send their bombs on to nearby rail yards. The important Nazi airdrome had been

During Bombing: This attack (20 Feb 44) envelops the main assembly area.

FRANCE-Battle activities during battle for Falaise Gap on 20 August 44 when Argentan was taken by the British, Falaise by the Canadians and Trun by the Poles. Picture shows destruction wrought by Air support of the 2d and 9th Tactical Air Forces and

Reconnaissance Picture Of The Malagon Marshalling Yards At Rangoon, Burma. At Right-Center Is The Large Round-House.

Bombing of Woippy Aero-Engine works 18 Aug 44. All four main units were hit.

B-26 Marauders bomb bridge at Pontiassieve.

A B-24 Liberator of the Ninth U.S. Army Air Force, poised above Messina, Sicilian Terminus of the important Reggio-Messina ferry line, observes the effect of bomb bursts among naval barracks and oil tanks in the strategic Axis port. The liberators on

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Bombs From Planes Of The 461St Bomb Group, 766Th Bomb Squadron, 15Th Air Force, Frame Their Target, The Armes Plant At Brescia, Italy, During A Bombing Mission On April 6 1945. It Is Evident That The Marshalling Yards, Also Shown In This Photograph, Were

Bombs Dropped By The 301St Bomb Group, 352Nd Bomb Squadron On 29 May 1944 Wreaked Destruction On The Airdome At Wollersdorf, Austria.

What the Creil railway marshalling yards looked like at 11 o'clock, March 23, 1944 just before heavy formations of Martin B-26 Marauders of the 9th AF made their third attack within a week. The yards were 90 per cent full of freight cars,

American Raids On - France. August 14, 1944.

Aerial view of La Senia Airfield in Algeria, North Africa. 1258th AAF Base Unit, Air Transport Command.

Wewak Airdrome, Northeast...

Initial bombs strike the Eschwege rail yards 22 Feb. 45, within sight of a Luftwaffe airbase as U.S. 8th AF Consolidated B-24 Liberators pounded Nazi communications throughout Germany from low altitudes. Enemy aircraft remain grounded (left right).

M/Y in Coblenz, Germany, was hit by Boeing B-17's 19 Sept 44.

A large number of German planes were destroyed on the ground at the Ciampino airfield, south of Rome, in a surprise attack made on September 17, 1943 by Flying Fortress's of the NAAF. This photo shows how well the bursts covered the field.

Aerial view of Decimomannu Airfield, Sardinia, 30 December 1943.

Neuburg Airdrome, Germany Is Gutted By Bombs Dropped From Planes Of The 455Th Bomb Group, 743Rd Bomb Squadron On 21 March 1945.

One Of The More Important Railroad Centers In France, The Lens Marshalling Yards, Was Bombed On 11 May 1944. Countless Bomb Craters Are Visible, Indicating Great Damage To Installations.

BURNING LUFTWAFFE BASE--While black smoke pours from the hangars of Hesepe airdrome, near Osnabruck, Germany, a further heavy concentration of bombs burst on the landing field during the attack by U.S. 8th Air Force Consolidated B-24

Before - Aerial View Of A Railroad Bridge Near Incisa, Italy, Prior To An Attack By North American B-25 Mitchells Of The 320Th Bomb Group, 12Th Air Force, On 9 May 1944. (See Print 51286 Ac For Photograph Taken During Bombing.)

Consolidated B-24S Blast Warehouses, Rail Lines Leading Into Takao Harbor - Formosa.

Photo taken during bombing raid, Hankow Airport. Note the Japanese Zero in flight.

Aerial View Of Bombed Area In Tokyo, Japan.

Smoking Under Us Artillery Fire, Nazi Town Of Julich, Germany Was Snapped From The Air On 25 Feb. 1945 As Our Troops Began Steamroller Drive Toward The Rhine.

Bombs, Dropped By Douglas A-20S Of The 410Th Bomb Group, Explode On The Gun Emplacements At Brest France. 6 September 1944.

Black smoke pours from the oil depot at Roeun, France, about 75 miles northwest of Paris, as bombs from 8th USAAF heavies find their mark on 1 August 1944.

North American B-25 Mitchell Bombers Of The 12Th Air Force Bombed Toulon Harbor With Accurate Results. Shown In This Photo, The Battlehsip Strasbourg Put Out Of Use By The Bombers, While The One Beside It Is A Former French Cruiser Lying On Its Side. No

Liberators drop heavy concentration on Braunkahle Synthetic Oil Works at Magdeburg/Rothensee. 16 Aug 44.

Bomb plot of the Pancevo Bridge, near Belgrade, Yugoslavia, indicated just how the 15th Air Force bombs fell.

Bombing of Taro-Solignano RR/Br.

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Landing Fields - Philippines - Mindoro Island, Aerial Photograph.

Bombing of Luxembourg Marshalling Yards.

Fires Started By Bombs At Omura, Japan.

How a lone "Snooper" Liberator rendered one of the enemy's best runways unserviceable, is shown in this strike photo taken just as the bombs burst in a string down the center of Tobanio runway in southern Borneo. Strikes of this type are made by

PHILIPPINES--Beach installations at Cebu City, objective of U.S. invasion forces in the newest Philippine landing, are softened up from the air. Precision bombing like that shown in this photograph destroyed or damaged nearly 100 warehouses and

Fires Spread Over The City Of Okazaki, Japan After B-29 Night Raid Of July 19, 1945.

After Rail Bridges Were Well Cut In Middle Italy, The Medium Bombers Of Tactical Air Force Went After The Road Bridges, Because As The Hun Was Denied The Use Of Supply Trains, He Turned To Motor Transport. Here, The North American B-25S Have Blasted The

One bomber of the second wave of attacking Boeing B-17 Flying Fortresses, soars over the inferno of smoke surging upward from the German underground oil storage depot at Derben, 14 January 1945, as second wave of U.S. 8th Air Force heavies close in

One of the most amazing...

8th AF bombers score direct hits on Blainville Marshalling Yards 27 April 44. A main link between Paris and Germany. Large roundhouse in center is 350 feet in diameter.

Atomic Bomb Damage In Hiroshima, Japan.

Bombs burst on Namlea Strip, Boeroe Island, Netherlands East Indies on July 1, 1944 during a mission by planes of the 5th Air Force's 380th Bombardment Group, 530th Bombardment Squadron.

Japaneses Yield To Yank Power -- American Doughboys And Marines Steadily Push Okinawa's Dwindling Japanese Garrison To The Southern Tip Of The Island Under Intense Land, Sea And Air Bombardment. The Area In The Foreground Contained Dual Purpose Anti-Aircraft Artil

A Huge Cloud Of Smoke Covers The Target Area At The Debreczen Marshalling Yards In Yugoslavia As Planes Of The 483Rd Bomb Group, 816Th Bomb Squadron, 15Th Air Force Carry Out Their Mission On September 21, 1944.

Destruction in North Manila, Philippine Islands.

Shinchiku airdrome of the Japanese-held island of formosa, 12 minutes after it was visited by fighters and bombers of the U.S. Army 14th Air force on Thanksgiving Day.

Bomb Bursts Cover The Verona Railroad Yards, Italy During A Successful Bombardment Mission By Planes Of The 301St Bomb Group, 32 Bomb Squadron On 28 May 1944.

Bomb damage to Rouen-Sotteville Bridge over Seine River, France.

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Hiro Naval Aircraft Plant At Kure, Japan, Showing Bomb Damage As Of May 7, 1945.

Gouged And Pocked By Bombs From Medium And Light Bombers Of Major General Samuel E. Anderson'S 9Th Bombardment Division, This Rail Yard Near Limburg, Germany, Was Rendered Unserviceable As Part Of A Tactical Air Plan To Isolate Enemy Troops From Their Sou

Consolidated B-24 Liberators hit Furth--At least half of the installations at the Bachmann von Blumenthal aircraft assembly plant located at Furth, near Nurnberg, were heavily damaged by Consolidated B-24 Liberators of the U.S. 8th Air Force in large

The Benz Tank Works At Berlin, Germany Are Covered With Bomb Bursts After A Raid By Planes Of The 352Nd Bomb Squadron, 301St Bomb Group On 24 March 1945.

This Area Of The Tokyo Industrial Section Was Partially Destroyed By B-29 Raids On Key Japanese Cities In The Months Preceding Japan's Capitulation.

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Oschersleben, Germany, famous FW-190 plant and target of many bloody missions, was hit last 30 May 44. Main machine shop (1) was further damaged; medium assembly shop (2) received direct hit; large assembly shop (3) was damaged; component plant (4)

REPAIR BASE ATTACKED--Ju 88 repair base and airfield at Rheims in occupied France was heavily hit during the 28 March 44 mission by Boeing B-17 Flying Fortresses of the U.S. 8th A.F. Moments before the heavies dropped their bombs, the field is quiet

Attacking the Monfalcone harbor installations on 25 May 44, Consolidated B-24 Liberators of the 15th AAF scored hits on a large electrical shop and on both sections of the Cant aircraft factory as well as the ship building yard. An oil tanker and

Diering Railyards, Have Been Damaged By At Least 30 Direct Hits. A Repeated Target For 9Th Af Martin B-26 Marauders And Republic P-47 Thunderbolts Fighter-Bombers, This Yard Contains Some 300 Railroad Cars, 50 Of Them Destroyed Or Badly Damaged, 10 Dead

Notched nicely in clear landmarks, the hangar and administration area of the Udine Airdrome in Northern Italy, catches the first bombs of a heavy raid by the Fortresses of the 15th AAF on 31 January. In support of the ground operations in the Rome

Japaneseanese aircraft blazing on Mafaing airdrome during Friday's combined strafing attack by American Mitchells and RAAF Beaufighters. These remarkable pictures were taken from a Beaufighter attacking at ground level. The first picture shows a Japaneseanese

Before -- Pre-Strike Photo Of The Tokuyama Naval Fueling Station, Tokuyama, Japan. 5 May 1945.

After the smoke had cleared, it was found that even with German ingenuity it would be awhile before traffic would move across these installations.

Italy - Navigation Problems Were Simplified For 15Th Af Heavies On 9 April 1945 By Use Of Ground Markers, Including 'T'S To Indicate The Forward Position.

Great Billows Of Smoke Curl Into The Air As North American B-25 Mitchells Of The 12Th Air Force Blast The Road And Rail Link Near Padua, Italy, As Part Of The Tactical Bombing Campaign To Cut German Lines Of Supply.

Bombing Of Marshalling Yards At Fidenza, Italy, By Consolidated B-24 Liberators Of The 15Th Air Force On 13 May 1944.

Bombs Fall Toward The Railroad Bridge At Ponte Di Piave, Italy, During A Mission By Planes Of The 460Th Bombardment Group, 763Rd Bombardment Squadron, 15Th Air Force, On April 12, 1945.

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