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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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Bombs from First Tactical Air Force Martin B-26 Marauder medium bombers hurtle earthward, pointed for the German Siegfried Line defense positions northeast of Wissembourg in the Otterbach area. Clearly discernible are the "dragon's teeth" tank

Bomb bursts completely cover the Konz-Karthaus rail bridge over the Moselle River, five miles southwest of Trier, Germany, after it was bombed by U.S. Army 9th Air Force Marauders.

The photograph made from Boeing B-17 Fortresses of the 8th AAF Bomber Command on Dec. 31, when they attacked the vital CAM ball bearing plant and the nearby HISPANO SUIZA aircraft engine repair depot in Paris. Meeting little fighter opposition

Railroad marshalling yards at Bruchsal, Germany under attack by the 8th AF on 1 March 1945.

Atom Bomb Damage To Mitsubishi Steel Works At Nagasaki, Japan.

Bombs Explode On Enemy Installations At Cognac, France During A Bombing Raid By Planes Of The 91St Bomb Group On 31 December 1943.

The rail bridge at Albenga, Italy 64 miles west of Genoa, vital link in the supply route from Southern France to the Hun armies on the Cassino and Anzio fronts; before Martin B-26 Marauders of the 1st Tactical Air Force, based in Sicily, attacked on

Bombs Burst On Enemy Installations At Florence, Italy As Another Formation Of Martin B-26 Marauders Comes In For Its Bomb Run. 12Th Air Force, 1944.

U.S. Army Bombers Strike At The Heart Of Berlin -- Bombs from the U.S. Army eighth air force's liberations and flying fortresses strike deep in Berlin just east of Tampelhof railway station. Allied bombings of targets deep in enemy and occupied Europe has continued unabated since the Allied troops landed in Normandy on June 6. The eighth air force announced that the bombing of Berlin on June 21, 1944 was the most devastating ever inflicted on the German capitol by day. Over 2,200 American bombers and fighters take place in the Pacific theatre, where B-29 super fortresses are striking at the Japanese home land. August 07, 1944. (Photo by US Office Of War Information Photo).

Huge clouds of smoke roll up as bombs from Boeing B-29 "Superofrts" rip into the Showa Steel Works at Anshan, Manchuria, 60 miles from Mukden. The historic raid on Manchuria's largest industrial city occurred 29 July 1944.

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A Boeing B-29 Passes Over Allied Prisoner Of War Camp Near Nagasaki, Japanesean.

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Aerial View Of The Petrol Dump At Royston, England. 7 February 1944.

Atom Bombing Of Nagasaki - Mitsubishi Steel And Arms Works In Nagasaki After The Atom Bombing.

Bombs from Martin B-26 "Marauders" of the US Army 15th AF perfectly bracket the railway bridge over the Var River, west of Nice on the French Riviera. This bridge was an important link in the Nazi communication system, carrying the double-track

Stricken Fortress Hurtles Berlin-ward. ... With flames shooting out from its No 3 engine and right wing, a doomed Fortress of the 8th AF starts its fatal dive into the heart of Berlin, after being hit during the 6 March attack. Other photo shows

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Boeing B-17 Flying Fortresses of the 15th AAF attacked the marshalling yards at Belgrade, Yugoslavia on April 17, 1944. This photograph, taken during the aerial assault shows bomb strikes on the target. Hits were scored on a warehouse and train sheds

The marshalling yards at Rimini, Italy are completely covered with bomb bursts on 29 December 1943, after planes of the 97th Bomb Group, 341st Bomb Squadron have dropped their destructive missiles.

Tokyo Palace Area - Night Raid - 26 May 1945.

The port and rail facilities at Rimini are blasted by bombs from Flying Fortresses and Liberators of the 15th AAF in a raid on 28 Dec.

First evidence of changes and growth of dispersal areas at Namlea airfield, on Boeroe Island, Netherland East Indies was provided by this photo, made in Feb 44. Run was made primarily to plot fires caused by incendiaries, other information was

Heavy Smoke Pours From The Recently Completed Reichsmarshal Herman Goering Steel Works, Located At The Danube River Port City Of Linz, Austria, Following A Successful Bombing By Consolidated B-24 Liberators Of The 15Th Aaf Based In Italy. The Big Plant,

GOTTINGEN GETS IT--Erupting bombs spray destruction in their path as they strike with pin-point accuracy at the heart of the rail marshalling yards at Gottingen, Germany. This is part of the huge daylight assault of Nazi communications by U.S. Army

Boeing B-17 Flying Fortresses approaching Bielfeld, Germany's most highly industrialized small city.

Hiro Arsenal - Raid Of 5 May 1945.

Hawaii - Honolulu, Aerial Photograph.

U.S. Bombs Bloom Like Trees On Sardinia Airfield: Four B-26 Mauraders of the U.S. Army Air Forces sweep over Alghero Airfield in Sardinia, their bombs blooming like groves of trees as they burst among Italian planes caught on the ground, some of which are faintly discernable. August 02, 1943. (Photo by AP Wirephoto).

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.

Bombing Of Oita, Japan.

This is an "interpretation report," showing now the Army Air Forces analyzes the damage to the objective numbered figures represent structures and other installations which have been hit. Circles the bomb craters; and area within dotted line denotes

Bombs from 21st Bomber Command Superfortresses cut paths of destruction through the water-side Kokuki Plant of the Mitsubishi Aircraft Works at Nagoya on 18 Dec 44. Primary target aimed at by B-29 bombardiers and struck by most of the bombs

Destruction of a vital enemy rail yard at Offenburg, Germany, 10 miles east of the Rhine on the main route from Switzerland to northern Germany, by Martin B-26 Marauders of the 1st Tactical A.F. Bombs in the lower left corner of the picture begin to

High explosives bursting on and around the Kiel Germania Werft U-boat construction yards (as shown in left center) in the recent attack by Fortresses and Liberators of the Eighth AAF Bomber Command. Direct hits can be seen on major buildings of the

Kasserine Pass, Tunisia-American bombs blossom in the mountains of North Africa. These bursts from U.S. Army Aircraft struck Axis gun positions guarding Kasserine Pass and helped route Rommel's men.

ATTACK ON MARIENBURG AIRCRAFT ASSEMBLY PLANT AND AIRFIELD APPROXIMATE BOMB PLOT Locations of well definted G.P. bursts Locations of well defined I.B. bursts Areas of heavy concentration Locations of aircraft

Bremerhaven, Germany, After Bombing Attack On Night Of 18-19 Sept. 1944. This Area Was Gutted From End To End. The Northern Half Of The Town Suffered Exactly The Same Fate. Note Smoke Still Rising From Bombed Area.

The Intensity Of Incendiary Bomb Burns Can Be Seen From This Shot Of Brunei Town, Borneo, N.E.I. Hit By Six Navy Lockheed B-34 Venturas Attached To The Jungle Air Force Fighter Command Based In The Philippines.

Airport at Marienburg, Germany. The Focke-Wulf 190 plant at Marienburg, one of the Nazi's largest assembly plants of fighter aircraft, before Army planes released their bombs.

Reconnaissance Photo From An 8Th Air Force Reconnaissance Plane, Shows A Stretch Of Typical French Country Side Under Its Left Engine. Pock Marks From A Previous Attack By 8Th Air Force Heavy Bombers Show Near This Small Village Close To The Invasion Coa

Fifth Air Force "Sun Setters" loose bombs over Zamboange Harbor, Mindanao Island, in the Philippines, to prevent the port's being used as an embarkation point to reinforce Leyte. 28 October 1944.

CRIPPLING NAZI RAILROAD COMMUNICATIONS-A railway marshalling yard which links northern Germany with Paris, at Blainville, northeast of the French capital, gets a heavy concentration of bombs from Liberators of the U.S. Army 8th A.F. Repair shops

Japanese Industrial City Under Attack -- More Fire Bombs Are Dropped On Flaming Japanese Industrial City Of Ube, On The Home Island Of Honshu During A Recnet Night Incendiary Attack By Superfortresses. Ube, Has A Population Of 100,000 And Is Reported To Conta

Royal Air Force Operations in the Far East, 1941-1945. A Consolidated Liberator B Mark VI of No. 231 Group RAF passes over the Kaunghmudaw Pagoda, Burma, during a concentrated attack by units of the Strategic Air Force on Japanese fortified headquarters in the vicinity.

This is a photo of the airdrome at Tripoli, Tripolitania, Libya before it was bombed by heavy bombers. Axis planes are dispersed over the edge of the field in revetments which are annotated by (1).

Germany - Vertical Photo Of A Section Of An Aerial Model Of Bohlen, Germany, Prepared By The 325Th Photo Wing, 8Th Af.

Area Near Hingham, MA ,. Photographs of the First Naval District

The Japaneses in Borneo, who have plenty to worry about since long-range Consolidated B-24 Liberators of the 13th AAF began 2,500-mile round trip strikes from the Dutch East Indies, must now contend with a new "secret weapon." It's a newly-developed

R.A.F. Daylight Attack on Comines -- Comines was attacked by bombers of the R.A.F. during a daylight seep on Northern France. The principal objective being the power station. Direct hits have been scored on the boiler house, pump near misses have caused damage. Workmen's houses in the marked rectangular area have direct hits. This photographer was taken a few seconds after No. C. 1924 by another. July 03, 1941. (Photo by British Official Photograph).

Area Near Hingham, MA ,. Photographs of the First Naval District

Bombs Dropped By Consolidated B-24 Liberators Of The 15Th Air Force Explode On Enemy Installations At Marseilles, France. 27 May 1944.

Smoke Markers Point Out The Target Before Allied Planes Drop Their Bombs On The Marshalling Yards At Ansbach, Germany. 23 Feb 1945.

A Formation Of Martin B-26 Marauders From The Aafs Oldest Medium Bomber Group, Bombed A German-Held Railroad Bridge At Anastasia, Italy, Destroying The Structure With A Bull'S Eye Hit.

First concentrations of bombs strike the rail marshalling yards at Angouleme, in northern France as U.S. 8th AAF heavies attacked on 15 June 44.

Photo reconnaissance reveals new damage done to the German ball-bearing industry at Schweinfurt, by 8th Air Force bombers on 10/9/44. Bombing thru unbroken clouds, the Boeing B-17 Flying Forts of the 1st Bombardment Div., damaged the Vereinigte

Damage To Railroad Tracks Between Herborn And Dillenburg. This Bomb Damage Was Caused By 9Th Af Bombers.

Smoke billows from the Bourges, France airfield about 100 miles south of Paris as 8th USAAF heavy bombers pressed home their attack on 25 June 44.

Mushrooming bombs crowd the target area, the German oil depot at Pacy, France in compact style.

Sagua La Grande, Cuba, November 1, 1962 - Low level aerial view showing the progress of the Russian missile bases as they are dismantled Launch erectors and associated equipment have been completely removed from all four launch pads. Three of the missile-ready buildings have been removed. Launch pads have been bulldozed over, and dismantling crews are working on other areas of Sagua La Grande. Department of Defense Photo.

Fragmentation Bombs From North American B-25 Mitchells Cover A Crowded Nazi Defense Area As The Mitchells Continue Their Efforts In Close Cooperation With The 5Th & 8Th Armies' Current Offensive In Italy. Hundreds Of Mitchell Bombers Have Been Employed F

Flames Sweeping Both Sections Of Town Connected By Road Bridge Across Tributary To The Tzu And The Paoching Airstrip, Bombed Out Of Operational Value By 14Th Af Ever Since The Japaneses Took The Town In The Siang Drive Last July. Chinese Had Evacuated The Cit

Bombs from planes of the 514th Bomb Squadron, 376th Bomb Group fall toward a bridge at Zenica, Yugoslavia, which is already covered by bursts from bombs dropped earlier in the mission on 23 November 1944.

In the softening-up process which preceded the 5th Army's invasion at Salerno, Martin B-26 Marauders of the 12th Air Force participated in this mission against the Italian port. Escorted by Mustang fighters, the bombers showered their lethal load on

Area Near Hingham, MA ,. Photographs of the First Naval District

Bomb Damage To The Italian Liner 'Roma' Which Was Being Converted To A Carrier When Attacked In Genoa Harbor, Italy, By Republic P-47 Thunderbolts Of The First Tactical Air Force.

The oil center at Bratislava was the first Czechoslovakian target hit by bombers of the 15th Air Froce. The attack took place on 16 June 1944, a clear sign that inland oil center of the enemy were now on the Mediterranean Allied Air Forces timetable

After - Damage Assessment Of The Tokuyama Naval Fueling Station, Tokuyama, Japan. 16 May 1945.

Photograph of Ships at Pearl Harbor following Japanese AttackShips at Pearl Harbor, T.H. following the Japanese attack of Dec. 7 1941. Alt. 3000'. Dec. 10, 1941. L-R: USS California, USS Maryland, USS Oklahoma (capsized), USS Tennessee (inboard),. 1941-12-10T00:00:00.

With the smoke cleared and our bombers departed, here is the same scene as caught by an American reconnaissance plane, graphically showing the devastation wrought by the attack. Of the plant's 27 buildings, 18 were hit, of which five were totally or

TACKLING THE NAZIS IN MARSEILLES, show how Army Air Forces confined their destructive blows to the strategic submarine pens and airfield. The harbor as seen from U.S. planes.

First cluster of bombs burst on target.

Bombing objective at Nantes, France prior to bombing.

Aerial View Of The Bomb Damaged Railroad Shops At Nuremburg, Germany. 16 May 1945.

Hungary Raids Over - War File. June 4, 1944.

WEWAK, NEW GUINEA BOMBING

Al Hoceima (Morocco), 09/08/1925. Moroccan War. Landing of Al Hoceima.

Photo of the marshalling yards at Hannau, Germany after the record 8th Air Force attack on 12 December 1944. Photo taken, just after last B-17 had completed run, by 9th Air Force photo reconnaissance pilot, 2nd Lt. Russell A. Ward, of Council Bluff

Airfield At Ellington, England.

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BOMBS OVER GOTHA---In widespread attacks on German communications centers yesterday, 6 Feb. 1945, Boeing B-17 Flying Fortresses of the U.S. 8th AF 1st Air Division attacked Gotha marshalling yards. With the targets below, a Flying Fortress of the

September 16-La Pallice-First bombs down. Lack Gale hit.

Navy AD-3 dive bomber pulls out of dive after dropping a 2000 pound bomb on Korean side of a bridge crossing the Yalu River at Sinuiju, into Manchuria. Note: anti-aircraft gun emplacement on both sides of the river. November 1950

Aerial view taken from a 320 squadron Mitchell from the Ferry Landing near Vlissingen.

Gun position atop Channel cliffs at Le Harve-Le Grand Clos, France is hit on 10 April 44. Note earlier bomb craters.

United States Bombers Raid Messina.

Railroad marshalling yards at Ludwigslust, Germany under attack by 8th A.F. on 22 Feb. 1945.

Marshalling Yards At Florence, Italy, As Seen From Martin B-26 Marauders Of The 12Th Air Force, Before Bombing Attack On 2 May 1944. Note Florentine Population, On Seeing The Approaching Marauders, Scurrying Away From The Marshalling Yards. Note Hospit

American Raids On France. August 14, 1944.

Bombing Raids Over France, August 1944 Photograph taken from a reconnaissance aircraft of 2nd Tactical Air Force, after an allied attack, showing a burning vehicle on the improvised bridge across the Seine at Oissel, south of Rouen, holding up a stream of traffic from the west. Le site des anciens viaduc ferroviaire et pont sur la Seine entre Tourville-la-Rivière et Oissel - Août 1944 Cliché pris d'un avion de reconnaissance allié, après une attaque, montrant un véhicule en feu sur le pont provisoire.

Bombing of Lakunai Airfield, Rabaul, New Britain on 13 Feb 44 assigned to Squadrons.

Project 22 - Operation Castle (Bikini/Enewetak) Test Activities. F-84G Sampler Aircraft Parked at Enewetak. Photographs of Atmospheric Nuclear Testing at Pacific Island and Nevada Test Sites.

Radio-Weather Station North Of Airfield #2, Iwo Jima, Bonin Islands, Wiped Out During 7Th Af Raid, 21 October 1944.

Bombing of Hamburg, Germany during World War II

Operation Chariot- the Raid on St Nazaire, 27/28 March 1942 Aftermath: Aerial reconnaissance photograph taken after HMS CAMPBELTOWN had exploded. The remains of the destroyer can be seen lying in the centre of the dry dock.

U.S. Heavy Bombers Raid Important Aircraft Works In France. This picture made from a flying fortress at the height of the attack, shows the Nazi airframe factory and repair shops almost completely obscured by the smoke and flame of bursting bombs. The Aiming point is shown near the centre of the bomb concentration. "One of the heaviest concentrations of bombs ever delivered against a single target by the U.S. Eighth Air Force was the official description of a raid carried out by American heavy b

Pre-Invasion Bombing, Iwo-Jima U.S. Army Air Forces. Among the main targets in the Iwo campaign were the airstrips. Here, in softening-up bombing runs, Jap planes are subjected to accurate fire while parked on one of the airstrips on Iwo. The columns of smoke show effectiveness of 7th Air Force bombers. March 1945.

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Excellent Reconnaissance Photo Of Port And Shipping At Boulogne, France. Photo Taken On 31 March 1944.

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