Aerial Bombing Operations

Photographs showcasing strategic bombings in World War II, including raids in Japan and Austria, depicting smoke and destruction from aerial assaults.

COMPLETELY PLASTERED. The last string of bombs edges in to smash the span of the Incisa rail bridge. Note carefully in upper left corner of picture: Cars of a repair train that had been sent to repair the damage of an earlier raid on the bridge.

Consolidated B-24 "Z-BAR" hit by flak over Hamm, Germany, limped home after dark in the midst of an enemy air raid. Her hydraulic system was shot out by British flak, and attempting to land at her base, which was completely blacked out, she crashed

Picture taken during the attack on DUBROVHIK where the Mitchells straddled military store depots and hit a merchant vessel alongside the docks.

Bomb Damage To The Railroad Bridge At Sinzig, Germany.

Allied troops sprung forward so rapidly in the mountainous terrain west of Cassino that the conventional mule train bearing food and ammunition couldn't reach them in time. So small parachutes, like those shown were utilized to drop supplies from

Strike Photo Of B-29 Raid On Osaka Urban Area, Japan, June 1, 1945.

Two attacks by Republic P47 Thunderbolts of the 12th A.F. were necessary before the Germans were wrested from these occupied buildings at Tavernelle, on the outskirts of Bologna, Italy, during the 5th Army drive. In addition to setting fire to the

Bombs from Flying Fortresses and Liberators of the US Army 8th Air Force strike an industrial area in the Greater Berlin district during the large-scale operations of Monday, 6 March 1944.

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.

Incendiaries and high explosives mingle as they crash onto installations at the German airfield, at Giebelstadt, near Stuttgart, 10 Sept 44, during the 8th AF bomber attack. An extremely long runway, 9,000 feet, is reported to be under construction

Japan - Hyuga, One Of The Two 30,000-Ton Battleships Modernized By The Japs In 1937, Now Lies Wallowing In The Mud Of Kure Naval Base, Riddled From Incessant Carrier Plane Strikes.

Infantry in struggle for trenches. .

This photograph made from a photo plane of the 9th Air force shows an abandoned ofrtification on the Northern Coast of France. A moat can be seen surrounding the actual ofrt with a wall on the outside of that. The plane from which the picture was

Pedro Miguel/Locks - Smoke Screen Tests, Aerial Photograph.

Gun camera photo by an American fighter records strafing of an enemy aircraft parked on a German airfield.

Landing Fields - Philippines - Wolfe Field, Aerial Photograph.

Wreck Of Consolidated B-24 (Ac #123728) In Iceland, Killing Fourteen Members. Among Those Killed Were, Lt. General Frank M. Andrews And Bishop Adna Wright Leonard. Only One Member Of Crew Survived. 2Nd Service Group, 4 May 1943.

Boeing B-17 Flying Fortresses Of The 381St Bomb Group En Route To Bomb Enemy Installations In Europe, 13 December 1944, Leave Vapor Trails In The Sky.

Italy - Bombs In Air Show Best Shoran Formation. It Should Be Javelined Up To Avoid Signal-Jamming.

In A Futile Effort To Cover Industrial Plants In Bremen, Germany, The Nazis Covered The Targets With Smoke Screens In An Attempt To Prevent Usaf Bombers From Destroying The Vital Plants. 20 December 1943.

HITLER'S HOME--Hitler's retreat (rectangular structure, upper left) and the rail yards (right lower center) at Berchtesgaden, Germany four miles away. Reconnaissance photo by Mediterranean Allied Air Force.

Aleutian Islands-Arriving over objective, the command is "Bombs Away!"

Aerial View Of Omaha Beach, Normandy, France, Taken 6 June 1944, Showing Landing Of Two Infantry Regiments (18Th And 115Th), Vehicles, And Landing Craft.

Far below these 12th AAF B-25 Mitchell bombers of the "Avengers" medium bombardment group group are gun positions and command posts of the German forces holding up the advance of Allied troops in Italy. The jagged snow-covered terrain explains

End of search - the report writes finish on the Consolidated B-24 among the ghostly palms as follows: "An explosion and intense fire had followed the plane's impact against the hillside. Heavy parts of the plane were torn, twisted and warped."

Consolidated B-24 "Z-BAR" hit by flak over Hamm, Germany, limped home after dark in the midst of an enemy air raid. Her hydraulic system was shot out by British flak, and attempting to land at her base, which was completely blacked out, she crashed

Aerial shot of the invasion of Corregidor.

Thoroughness At Neuberg - This Is What Remains Of The Airdrome At Neuberg, Austria, After The Attack By B-24 Liberator Bombers Of The U.S. Army 15Th Air Force. Photo Shows Excellent Concentration On Hangards, Dispersal Areas, And Runways. Preliminary Re

North American B-25 Mitchell medium bombers (USAAF) of the Tactical Bomber Air Force. Mitchell Medium Bombers (USAAF) of the Tactical Bomber Air Force leaving the target after dropping their bombs on enemy gun positions on the Fifth Army

First box formation of second group centers all its bombs, except for one plane with intervalometer trouble.

One of the ME-109F's wheels has been knocked out and it has fallen from its cover until it is almost in a down position and a cloud of smoke streams over its tail surfaces. France.

Bomb Craters In Road In Coutances, France After 9Th Af Bombing. 1 August 1944.

Men Of The 1878Th Engineer Aviation Battalion Stack Boxes In The Dump Area On Okinawa, Ryukyu Retto. May 1945.

Flak Barrage: These Were Some Of The Formidable Defenses That Were Poured Into German Skies To Take Its Toll On The B-17 Flying Fortresses Of The 452Nd Bomb Group On 9 March 1944. The Flak Appears As Innocent Puffs Of Smoke But Each Burst Showers Approx

Bombing of Deurag-Nerag plant at Misburg, Germany. Estimated annual production prior 20 June 44: 220,000 tons.

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This High Altitude Reconnaissance Photograph Shows The Narrow Shimonoseki Strait Before It Was Mined From Air By Boeing B-29'S.

MAYON VOLCANO ERUPTS. This series of photographs, taken from a Douglas C-47 Skymaster of the Army Air Forces' 15th Weather Squadron in the Philippines, graphically depicts the recent eruption of Mount Mayon on Luzon Island, of the Philippines.

Track-walking bombs from Boeing B-17's of the Strategic Air Force spear the railroads on the Adriatic near Ancona. Wherever the Huns needed railroads to rush reinforcements south to beat back the Allied landings below Rome, somewhere on these

Rescue Operations Of 1352Nd Aafbu In China (98Degrees25'E, 25Degrees50'N) Consolidated C-87, Aircraft No. 0610 Nz-2010. 9 June 1945.

"Winter Weather" photo shows how Japanesean confronts a B-29 pilot approaching from Saipan, looking northwest.

Airfield At Bordeaux, France, Left In Smoke And Flames As A Result Of 8Th Air Force Bombing On 27 March 1944. Another Job "Well Done" By The Boeing B-17 Flying Fortresses Of The 452Nd Bomb Group. Photo Of Airfield Taken Through The Nose Of A "Flying For

This is the only picture taken of the German bombing raid on the American Shuttle Bases in Russia. It is a combination of flares and anti-aircraft fire. 1944.

Captured Japanese Photograph of the Japanese Attack on the Prince of Wales and the Repulse Off the Malay PeninsulaCaptured Japanese photograph of the Japanese attack on the Prince of Wales and the Repulse, off the Malay peninsula.

FLAK FILLED SKIES-The white cloud is all that remains of a Flying Fortress which was hit by flak, en route to the target. As U.S. Army 8th Air Force B-17 Flying Fortresses invade Germany to attack oil targets at Merseburg, hundred of German anti-

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Flying low, Liberator crews spot wrecked C-47 and dinghy in lake. 18 Sept 44, Holland.

Totally Destroyed Railroad Bridges At Bad Munster, Germany. Destroyed By Bombs From 9Th Bombardment Division.

A Vultee L-5 Pilot Of The 3Rd Air Commando Group Uses A Vhf Radio To Direct Artillery Fire Of The 32Nd Division On Luzun, Philippine Islands. He Is Provided With Photographic Maps Marked With Grids To Correspond With Maps Of The Ground Artillery Observer

Aircraft, Burma, India & Bombing,

The landing at Arawe-Troops on the beach at Arawe: Troops on the beach at Arawe (New Britain) guides LST, which is already dropping its ramp, on to the beach to unload men and supplies as American troops from General Douglas MacArthur's Southwest

In A Crescendo Of Fire, A 1,000-Ton Tanker Goes Up At Mako Harbor Near Formosa During An Attack By 12 North American B-25S Of The 345Th Bomb Group On 4 April 1945. Seven Other Vessels Were Sunk. The Bow Of One Vessel Was Blown 60 Feet In The Air.

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.

Sea face of Fort Sumpter (i.e. Sumter), shewing (i.e. showing) broken guns, shot, shell, & c.. Civil War Photograph Collection , Original negative is: LC-B811-3049. Cannons, South Carolina, Charleston, 1860-1870, Chevaux-de-frise, South Carolina, Charleston, 1860-1870, Forts & fortifications, South Carolina, Charleston, 1860-1870, War damage, South Carolina, Charleston, 1860-1870, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Military facilities, South Carolina, Charleston, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Destruction & pillage, South Carolina, Charleston.

Pedro Miguel/Locks - Smoke Screen Tests, Aerial Photograph.

The Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" 'Margie Mae' Of The 381St Bomb Group Stationed At An 8Th Air Force Base Near Ridgewell, Essex County, England, 8 August 1943.

The Long Seige Of Brest, France, Destroyed Or Damaged Virtually Every Building And Military Installation In The City. 26 Sept 1944.

The great Sylt raid: a bomber attacks in the glare of searchlights, 'flaming onions' and bursting star shells. Attacking Hornum, the seaplane base on the southern end of the German island of Sylt, where hangars can be seen in flames: a British plane dropping down to bombing height, while others range over the island. Date: 1940

Anefo photo collection. Fire, ships, sea. February 8, 1948

CONTRAIL CONTRAST-Boeing B-17 Flying ofrtresses of the 3rd Air Div. reach out to strike at railroad marshalling yards funnelling supplies and reinforcements to Hitler's eastern armies. At more than 25,000 altitude, the ofrtresses weave a pattern

Pictures From Gen. Arnold'S Report German Weapons -- The Viper After Launching. A Piloted Rocket-Propelled Missile Which Was Designed To Attack Aircraft With Cannon, Rockets, Or By Ramming, Which Was In Production At The End Of The War, But Not Yet In Co

Clouds Encountered By Boeing B-17 Flying Fortresses Of The 452Nd Bomb Group On The Way To Bomb Frankfurt, Germany, 20 March 1944 (Altitude 22,000 Feet). Taken By S/Sgt. V.W. Moses.

Stockpile of ammunition left by the Japaneseanese when they evacuated Kiska Island in the Aleutian Islands. 13 November 1943.

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BREACHHEAD LANDINGS. Men...

Bombs falling among enemy small boats during an attack by General Kenney's fifth Air Force on Hansa Bay, Jap base on the north coast of New Guinea. At least 45 barges and other small boats were destroyed in the attack. September 13, 1943. (Photo by Fifth U.S. Air Force).

Nagasaki, Japan Under Atomic Bomb Attack On 9 August 1945. Two Planes Of The 509Th Composite Group, Part Of The 313Th Wing Of The 20Th Air Force, Participated In This Mission; One To Carry The Bomb, The Other To Act As Escort.

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