Aerial Combat Bombing Photos

Historical aerial images showing bombing operations over industrial sites. Depictions include smoke and destruction, highlighting military tactics during conflict.

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The Toshien Oil Refinery In Formosa Developing An Artisitic Flame-Flowering In Response To Bombs From Liberators Of The 'Ken's Men' 43Rd Group.

During - Strike Photo Of Mitsubishi Aircraft Engine Works At Nagoya, Japan. 7 April 1945.

As Smoke Rolls Up From The Distillery, The Second Squadron, Drops Its Load Of 36 Thousand Pounders On The Light Industry And Boat Building Yard With Excellent Coverage. Precision Bombing Of This Sort By Heavy Bombers Of The 5Th Air Force Permits A Maximu

During -- Strike Photo Of The Hodogaya Chemical Industry Co. At Koriyama, Japan. 12 April 1945.

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Bombs Fall On Enemy Installations At Paris, France. 2Nd Bomb Division, 8Th Air Force.

Rolls of smoke and dust mark the position of several German planes that were knocked out when USAAF Martin B-26 Marauders raided the German airfield at Salon, France, the first time Mediterranean-based medium bombers have struck at targets in France.

Bombing Of Quay Sidings At Heilbronn, Germany, During A Mission By Planes Of The 17Th Bombardment Group, 95Th Bombardment Squadron On March 31, 1945.

Bomb Damaged Railroad Yards At Rouen, France.

U.S. 8th Air Force heavies attacked an oil storage depot and other military installations in Frankfurt, about 100 miles south of Kassel, 11/5/44. Bombs may be seen bursting near the oil storage depot, in a compact cluster. GERMANY.

Bombing of marshalling yards at Budapest, Hungary, 17 Sept 44.

Galati Airfield, a major German base in Rumania, is smothered by high explosive and incendiary bombs, 6 June 44, in the first attack by U.S. heavy bombers operating from their new bases in Russia.

Bomb bursts cover the target area after planes of the 2nd Bomb Group, 96th Bomb Squadron dropped their lethal missiles on the Aircraft Factory at Gyor, Hungary, 9 August 1944.

Kirch Gons, a fighter landing field near Frankfurt, Germany, is saturated with 9th AF bombs.

Afhq, July 15, 1943. Oil Dump At Augusta, Sicily, After Air Raid. This Aerial View Of Augusta In Sicily Was Made The Day Before It Fell To British Invasion Troops. It Was Not Clear Whether The Oil Fire Had Been Started By Allied Bombs Or Set By Retreat

Heavy bombers of the U.S. 8th AF attacked targets in Berlin, Germany 6 Oct 44 and scored three hits on vital plants in the Spandau section of the city. Seen burning here during the assault are the Morot transport factory, huge ordnance plant and

Marauder bombers (B-26) of the U.S. Army 9th Air Force head for home as their bombs explode on the Nazi-held Schipol Airdrome at Amsterdam, Holland. Although it is one of the largest airfield in Europe, and heavily defended by the Germans 9th Air

Area 12 Italy R *** Grottaglie - Marcelio Arlotta Airdrome N 4031 E 1724-6-4-43 Restricted

Flying Fortresses of the Northwest African Air Forces have blasted the hangars and landing strip of the Tatoi airfield near Athens, Greece. Note German planes in revetments and dispersed around the edge of the field.

Boeing B-17 Flying Fortresses dropped concentrations on the synthetic oil plant at Merseburg, Germany-September 1944.

Airdrome at Le Mans, France near M/Y received a large concentration of bombs.

Bomb damage at Memmingen Air Field, Germany.

Crailsheim Marshalling Yards, Germany during attack by 8th AF Flying Fortresses on 23 February 1945.

Heavy concentrations of bombs blossom on or near the marshalling yards at Belfort, France, as American heavy bombers of the 8th USAAF pressed home their attack on 25 May 44. Many hits were made on repair shops and fires started in rolling stock.

Straight To The Heart -- Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortresses" And Consolidated B-24 Liberators Of The Us 8Th Air force Again Penetrated Germany'S Defenses To Strike Targets In Berlin Wednesday, 8 March 44. Hurtling Earthward, Left Center, Go American Messengers Of

Railway Rhapsody As Performed By The 8Th Air force In Their April 8, 1945 Bombing Assault Against Transportation Centers In Northern Germany. The Camera Lens Catches Explosives Dropped By Boeing B-17 Flying Fortresses Erupting On The Hof, Germany, Marshalling Y

Almost all the tracks at the Reims marshalling yards were cut after the 25 May 44 attack by 8th USAAF heavy bombers. A double-bay workshop, locomotive shed and repair shop were all partially destroyed.

Photo reconnaissance taken after the bombing of Fallersleben, Germany.

France -- This View Of Dulmen, Germany Was Photographed A Few Seconds After Major General Samuel E. Anderson'S Bombers Had Blanketed The Area With High Explosives Bombs And Incendiaries. Smoke Is Just Beginning To Rise From Small Fires Dotting The Area.

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Bremen, Germany. Some of the damage caused by the 8th Bomber Command Attacks, including those of Dec. 16 and 20 in which almost 1,000 heavy bombers dropped 2,600 tons of bombs, is shown around Hafens 1 & 2 (left). In addition Swedish reports

Bombing Of Enemy Installations At Oschersleben, Germany Of 91St Bomb Group On 20 Feb. 1944.

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Hits are registered on a textile and rayon plant in the Wittenberg district, southwest of Greater Berlin during the large-scale attack by US Army 8th Air Force bombers in the day-light raid on 6 March 1944.

Superfortress Targets - 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 Than 126 Square Miles. Here Is Tokyo In Flames During A Recent Night Incendiary Mission By Superf

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Boeing B-17s hit the 3 mile-long chemical plant at Ludwigshafen, Germany, September 1944.

Koriyama Chemical Company, Hodogaya, North Of Tokyo - After Raid - 12 April 1945.

Bomb Bursts On Installations At Francazal Airdrome, France During A Bombing Raid By Planes Of The 303Rd Bombardment Group, 8Th Air Force On 25 June 1944.

Craters And Gutted Buildings Were Inflicted By Allied Bombings On Ruhland, Germany. 24 March 1945.

RAIL YARDS MAULED----At Karsrube, Germany, flaming smoke almost completely covers the rail marshalling yards there as U.S. Eighth AAF heavies pressed home their attack on 27 May 44. Many fires were started in repair shops and rolling stock and a

Bombs Dropped By Planes Of The 456Th Bomb Group, 744Th Bomb Squadron On 19 March 1945 Wreak Devastation On The Marshalling Yards At Muhldorf, Germany.

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.

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The Japaneses At Shihchichwang Rail Yards On The Strategic Supply Line That Runs Through Northeast China To Peiping Cut Loose With Smoke Pots When 14Th Air Force Liberators Of The 308Th Bombardment Group Appeared Over The Target. Nearly 75 Tons Of Bombs Were

Destruction In Hiroshima, Japan After Dropping Of The First Atomic Bomb, August 6, 1945.

WEWAK PLASTERED AGAIN: Clouds of smoke arise from Japanese installations at Wewak, one of the enemy's few remaining strong points on the north coast of New Guinea, as American bombers fly off after another damaging attack.

HE bombs on target, Bois Columbes, Paris, France (31 Dec 43)

Kawasaki, Japan, Immediately South Of Tokyo, On 31 May 1945.

Strike Attack - Konoya, Japan, April 28, 1945.

Bombs, dropped by bombers of the 448th Bomb Group, explode on enemy installations at Tutow, Germany during a raid on 29 May 1944.

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

At 2 A.M. on the morning of January 22, 1944 American and British Army forces landed on the shores of western Italy, at points varying from 16 to 30 miles below Rome. This amphibious operation, aimed partially at Rome itself, but also at cutting off

TERNI, ITALY-The important communications center at Terni, Italy was hit by North American B-25 Mitchell bombers of the 12th AAF on 16 Jan 44. Direct hits may be seen in this photograph taken from one of the bombers.

These pictures from an official Army Air Forces photographic report depict a recent Flying Fortress raid on the fighter aircraft assembly factory and airfield at Warnemunde, Germany. The factory, known as the Arado Flugzeugwerke (formerly the Ernst

Smoke rises from the Maribor Marshalling Yards in Yugoslavia after they have been plastered with bombs by planes of the 483rd Bomb Group, 815th Bomb Squadron on 14 February 1945.

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The Istres Le Tube Airdrome At Marseilles, France Is Shown Before It Was Struck By Bombs During A Raid Of The 99Th Bomb Group, 346Th Bomb Squadron, 15Th Air Force On 17 August 1943.

Bombing-Hamburg/Moorfleth, Germany.

A Boeing B-17 Flying ofrtress of the 15th Air force flys over the Lobau oil refinery, southeast of Vienna, Austria, after the ofrtress, part of attackign formations let go its load of bombs.

After bombing of Conde-Sur-Noireau, France.

Smoke Billows Up As Bombs Strike The Installations And Runways At Peenemunde Airfield, Germany, During A Bombing Mission On 18 July 1944 By Planes Of The 92Nd Bombardment Group, 8Th Air Force.

This is a close-up view of bombs exploding on the dock and warehouse area at Haiphong, French Indo China during a raid by North American B-25s of the 14th Air force. 9 August 1942.

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Recon Photo Of Singapore Naval Base With The Floating Drydock Housing A Large Freighter.

U.S. Shuttle Bombers Use Russian Base. Returning from Russian bases during a shuttle attack, U.S. Army Air Force bombers drop destruction on Focsani Airfield, a Nazi base in Rumania.

This is Tarakan, Borneo oil center and a principal source of petroleum products for Japanesean's war machine, as it shudders under a 100 ton bombing attack by Liberators of Maj. Gen. St. Clair Streett's U.S. Army 13th Air Force. The raid is carried out by

SICILY-Catania, 13 July: Airfield is made non-operational by 37 Boeing B-17 airplanes with 444 five hundred-pounders from 22,000-24,000 feet.

During - A Heavy Concentration Of Bombs Dropped By Martin B-26 Marauders Of The 12Th Af Burst On Fuel And Storage Dumps Near Cellecchio, Italy, On 7 July 1944. Terrific Explosions Resulting From Bomb Hits Rocked The Attacking Planes And Many Of The Marau

Ninth Air force reconnaissance photo showing bomb damage at St. Vith, Belgium, 27 Dec 44.

This is how a Nazi road convoy (between St. Vith and Schonberg, Belgium) looks to a "dicing" 9th Air force tact recon. pilot. He files right through fire of three AA guns (smoke puffs at right).

Bombs Dropped By North American B-25 Mitchells Of The 12Th Army Air Force Destroy A Communications Center At Aquila.

U.S. HEAVIES HIT GLIDER PLANT-Large six-engined gliders were assembled here at Leipheim, Germany, a few miles west of Munich. Heavy concentrations of high explosives can be seen blanketing the assembly shops and repair hangars as Liberators of the

Installations At Lechfeld Airdrome, Germany, Are Covered With Bomb Bursts After Consolidated B-24 Liberators Of The 458Th Bomb Group Dropped Their Bombs On 13 April 1944.

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The main ball bearing plant at Turin catches the bulk of the AAF Flying Fortress attack on December 1. Huge explosions and smoke mark the direct center of the target area. The veteran Flying Fortress group responsible for this particular bombing was

SMASHED--the rail bridge at Albenga, 64 miles west of Genoa, vital link in the supply route from Southern France to the Hun armies on the Cassino and Anzio Fronts. Marauders of the First Tactical Air Force, based in Sicily, did this job of bombing on

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Second box formation places most of its bombs beautifully, up the track from first. One flight is off target.

This Aerial View Of Tamashima, Japan Shows Fire And Bomb Damage Caused By B-29 Raids.

U.S. 8th Air Force heavy bombers attacked the important tank manufacturing plant at Kassel, Germany, about 110 miles northwest of Cologne, 7 October 1944, covering the target with heavy concentrations. Smoke from the numerous fires started may be

FW-190 PRODUCTION GOES UP---IN FLAMES!---Flying Fortresses of Eighth Air Force Bomber Command hit two of their favorite targets Saturday, Oct. 9th, the huge FW-190 factory at Marienburg in East Prussia and the Arado Fleugzeugwerke at

Attack on Hamburg/Glinde ordnance depot on 6 Oct 44 nearly destroyed its three main ordnance buildings (1), did serious damage to three of twelve standard ramped buildings (2), destroyed smaller unidentified buildings (3). GERMANY.

Messerschmitt aircraft are repaired here at the Munster airfield in Germany, pictured 5 Oct 44 a few moments before heavy bombers of the U.S. 8th AF bombed the drome.

Flying through intense anti-aircraft fire, B-26 Marauders of the U.S. Army 12th Air Force blast the highway bridge at Pontecorvo, 15 miles inland from Gaeta, west coast Italian port, immediately behind the present battle line in Italy. This photo

The large Nazi ordnance plant just outside of Hamburg, Germany, is pictured just before U.S. 8th heavy bombers dropped concentrations of bombs there 6 Oct 44 in a daylight assault.

Showing Signs Of Many Previous Attacks, The German Airfield At Nancy, Near Metz, France, Is Seen Moments Before Us Eighth Air Force Bombers Dropped Their Bombs On Aug 18 1944.

Framed By The Bomb Bay Doors, Bombs From Planes Of The 2Nd Bomb Division, 8Th Air Force, Hurtle Earthwards Towards The Smoking Target At Bari, Italy, 16 July 1943. Altitude 22,500 Feet.

VELLETRI, ITALY. Supporting Allied landing forces today, USAAF Martin B-26 Marauders bomb vital communications links, further isolating Nazi forces on the Italian front. Pictured is the highway junction at Velletri, Italy, southwest of Rome.

British, Dutch And American Nationals Cheer Wildly As A Boeing B-29 From The 20Th Air Force Drops Supplies To Them In A Field Marked With An X Just Outside Their Prison Compound At Weihsien, China. The Former Inmates Have Lined Up On The Edge Of The Fiel

GERMANY-Beneath this Boeing B-17 Flying Fortess of the U.S. 8th AF and the bomb bursts lies the Nazi airfield at Stargard, about 20 miles east of Stettin, attacked 6 Oct 44.

View Of Burial Vaults On Okinawa Island. 20 April 1945.

Frag bombs of USAAF Boeing B-17 Flying Fortresses rain down on Athens/Eleusis airdrome Nov. 18.

The Oil Refinery At Porto Marghera, Italy, Already Bomb-Damaged, Is Due For More Destruction As These Bombs Dropped From Planes Of The 451St Bomb Group, 15Th Airforce Fall Toward Their Target On June 10, 1944.

HUNDREDS OF BOMB CRATERS DOT THE EVREAUX FAUVILLE AIRFIELD, ABOUT 50 MILES NORTHWEST OF PARIS, AFTER REPEATED ATTACKS BY HEAVY BOMBERS OF THE 8TH AF. THIS PICTURE WAS TAKEN BY AN 8TH AF RECONNAISSANCE

Gnome-Rhone Aero Engine Works, Le Mans, 7/4/43.

Smoke and fire mingle at the German airdrome in Bordeaux, France, as U.S. 8th AAF Boeing B-17 Flying Fortresses pressed home their attack on 15 June 1944. 91st Bomb Group.

Bombardment attacks by 9th Air Force Martin B-26 Marauders burned or blast damaged the majority of the buildings comprising this Rheinland Wesseling synthetic oil refinery at Cologne, a vital installation of the enemy war machine. A close study of

Rouen Trap, 'Killing Ground For Nazi Troops -- German Tanks, Equipment And Troops Were Waiting To Be Ferried Across The Seine River At Rouen When Ninth Air Force Bomber Command Marauders And Havocs Swept In To Leave Devastation On The River Bank. This Ph

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