Aerial Military Operations

Aerial footage depicting military air operations, including bombings and troop movements in various theaters of war throughout the 20th century.

Bombing of Los Negros Island in the Admiralty Group.

Wewak Airdrome, Northeast...

Nichols and Neilson Fields, in Manila's inner defense zone, were of little use to the Japs after Consolidated B-24 Liberators of the 13th AAF finished battering them in the first strike against these objectives by land-based aircraft Nichols Field

Wewak Airdrome, Northeast...

Bombs, dropped from 494th Bomb Group Consolidated B-24 "Liberators," burst on the target; a Japanese installation south-east of the village of Bunawan on the island of Mindanao in the Philippines. 4 April 1945.

Aircraft, Burma, India &Strafing &Combat War

A General View Of The Railroad Yards At Alessandria, Northern Italy, Being Pounded By Republic P-47 Thunderbolt Of 12Th Air Force. Operations Like These Are Continually Taking The Heart Out Of Marshal Kesselring'S Battered Armies In Italy.

Smoke from North American B-25 airplanes which strafed a possible Japanese defense position in New Guinea before landing of 503rd Parachute Infantry.

A well concealed anti-aircraft position which was located near Bamban, Luzon Island, Philippine Islands, 1945.

Bombing of Los Negros Island in the Admiralty Group.

Cringing Japaneses huddle in dugouts alongside heavy dual purpose 75 mm anti-aircraft guns as strafing North American B-25 flies few feet overhead.

Truck And Trailer Used To Haul Bombs From Thsi Camouflaged Bomb Dump To The Planes Of The 381St Bomb Group In England, 9 March 1944.

Bombing of Hollandia.

Hawiian Islands - Bombing 12/7/41. Hickam Field, T.H. One Of The First Army Photos Of The Bombing Of Hickam Field, Hawaii, Dec. 7 1941. Unidentified Planes Circle In Combat.

TRAIN AND BRIDGE BOMBED-More effective than bombing a bridge is destruction of the span while a train is on it. U.S. Army Air Force bombers and fighters attempt to catch trains on bridges then straddle them with bombs. This troop train was destroyed

Illinois - Desoto, Aerial Photograph.

Consolidated B-24 Liberators Of The 448Th Bomb Group Above The Target Area After Dropping Their Bombs On Rostock, Germany. 4 August 1944.

The strategic Dar Junction bridge in North Thailand is seen just as it is being blasted by bombs from North American B-25 Mitchells of Maj. Gen. Claire L. Chennault's U.S. Army 14th Air force.

Crackling Fires Burn Brightly Among The Wooden Structures Of The German Oil Storage Dump Near Piacenza, Italy, During An Attack By Republic P-47 Thunderbolts Of The Us 12Th Af Tactical Air Command. The Maintenance Area Of This Dump Had Previously Been 75

Bulldozers Clear Area On Okinawa, Ryukyu Retto, In Preparation For Construction Of Boeing B-29 Airfield. 1945.

Consolidated B-24 Liberator going down during attack on Gotha, Germany. 2/24/44.

Enemy on Kiska.

North American B-25's blast flak positions prior to the attack on a rail bridge at Staz di Ceraino on the Brenner Line 20 miles north of Verona, Italy. Dense smoke neutralizes the gun position for some time after the attack, and permits 12th AF

Incendiary bombs follow marker bombs into center of city. Numerous fires under way.

Target area at Gydnia, Poland, 9 October 1944. Position of cross marks are approximately in the center of the target area. Note Smoke screen.

Heavy gun emplacements of the enemy near Hyeres, east of Toulon, France, were plastered by medium and fighter bombers of the Tactical Air Force, clearing the way for Allied troops who landed on the southern coast on "D" day of Operations Uppercut.

This railroad yard to Parma, Italy is a bottleneck in the Nazi communications system in Northern Italy, following attacks by Republic P-47 Thunderbolts of the U.S. 12th A.F. A pall of smoke hangs over the destroyed goods wagons and the wrecked rails

Aircraft, Burma, India & Bombing,

Wrecked warehouse on the waterfront at Bengasi, Cirenaica, Libya. The port had been the target for heavy bombers of the Allied Air Forces for months. Thousands of tons of war material were destroyed on the quays.

When Mediterranean Allied Air Forces aircraft attacked the rail yards at Pisa, Italy, this tanker was hurled from its tracks to the top of a rail shed. The attack was part of the successful MAAF effort to strangle the enemy by choking off his supply

Line abreast formation flown by 5th AF Lockheed P-38 Lightnings during napalm strikes against Nip's Shimbu Line defenses near Ipo Dam, Luzon, P.I., from 19-18 May 1945 is illustrated here. Planes came low, 50-100 ft. wave after wave of four to eight

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 Hiroshima, Japan With The First Atomic Bomb On August 5, 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.

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.

Germany - Dragon'S Teeth And Pill Boxes Of The Siegfried Line Cover Wiltingen On The Saar'S East Bank. Despite Expert Gyrations Accurate 20 Mm Aa Fire Knocked Out The Left Engine Of The F-5 Plane Just Before It Reached The Saar-Moselle Junction. "Dicing

A Bulldozer, Operated By Men Of The 1878Th Engineer Aviation Battalion, Climbs A Steep Grade At The Stone Quarry On Okinawa, Ryukyu Retto. 1945.

Japanese planes during an attack on But airfield, another of the dispersal fields in the Wewak area.

Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" (A/C No. 239906) Of The 381St Bomb Group, On Fire. 15 April 1944. England.

Wreckage Of Republic P-47 (A/C 42-8475) Of The 353Rd Fighter Group Which Crashed On 5 September 1943.

Beachhead Station With Part Of Trail Leading To Commanche Bay Weather Station. In The Foreground Can Be Seen Some Of The Fuel Supply In Drums. 10 Oct 1944.

SIX DAYS THAT SHOOK GERMANY-When the six days ended, every one of the factories attacked had been seriously injured and some of the most important ones had been all but obliterated. Planes of the U.S. Army 8th Air Force during an attack on Regensburg

Coming upon this snug harbor, the U.S. Airmen find this large flotilla of Japanese vessels. Two bombardiers have dropped their loads where the white circles show-center and lower left of the picture.

This photograph shows the ruins of the town of Varennes during the American advance in the Argonne during World War One. A battery of American Field Artillery can be seen firing at the retreating German columns. It is one of the first official photographs taken of the American advance.

Coming in low a fighter's .50 caliber bullets rip through a JU-88 and into a building beyond causing an explosion. France

Bomb damage to Oissel Bridge over Seine River, France.

Bombing of Cassino on March 15, 1944.

Dust, A Major Problem For Aviation Engineers On Airfields Of The 12Th And 15Th Air Forces, Sweeps Across This Field In Italy As An Airplane Rolls Down The Runway Before Taking Off.

This Yokohama, Japan Landscape Is Typical Of The Scenery That Greeted Our Occupation Troops As They Moved Through Japanese Cities To Their Permanent Bases. The B-29'S, Which The Japs Called "The Birds Of Hell", Had Literally Blazed A Trail Through Mile A

Factual caption: "On May 8, 1967, an F-4 Phantom jet of Marine Fighter Attack Squadron-542 drops its ordnance over a Viet Cong staging area in southeast Da Nang. First Lieutenant Gary W. Hoglund, a former Marine pilot, serves as the Forward Air Controller for the strike."

Soldiers and equipment at Phu Bai Airfield during the Vietnam War.

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.

KISKA:-Photograph made from Eleventh Air Force bomber as it made a deck level attack on Kiska before the Japaneses realized that they were getting more than they could take. Note Japanese revetments around their buildings and the seaplane ramp in the

The main hangars were bombed and strafed during the fierce fighting to recapture Clark Field on Luzon, Philippine Islands.

Piece of Blown Up Ship. This image depicts a piece of the ship that was blown up on the head of the slip in which the Grandcamp was berthed. In the background, Coast Guard fireboats spray water on burning wreckage to cool it so that rescue workers can work.

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.

Battle Ground of Resacca, Georgia No. 4 1860s George N. Barnard American. Battle Ground of Resacca, Georgia No. 4 294466

Bomb damaged buildings at Palawan, Philippine Islands. 17 July 1945.

Infantry walks thru mud and ravines and practices defense for aerial gas attack.

Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" (A/C No. 239906) Of The 381St Bomb Group, On Fire. 15 April 1944. England.

Damage Was Widely Spread As The Result Of An Ordnance Explosion At The Airbase In Kunming, China.

Wewak Airdrome, Northeast...

Allied landing craft along...

Civilian Conservation Corps - West Virginia. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Umnak, The Aleutians - 'Flames Are Shooting Hundreds Of Feet Out Of Five Distant Cones Inside The Big Mountainside Crater..Smoke Is Ascending More Than 15,000 Feet, And Makes Flying Very Difficult', Is The Report From Lt. Robert Renkert Of Kent, Ohio, Cr

Marauders Blast Foligno Marshalling Yards - This Bomb Strike Photo Shows Bombs From A B-26 Marauder Enroute To Another Axis Target In Italy, The Marshalling Yards At Foligno, Northeast Of Rome. Other Bombs Are Seen Hitting Amoung The Tracks And Yards At

General View Of Camp Patterson In Iceland On 27 May 1942. 2Nd Air Base Group.

Wewak Airdrome, Northeast...

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

The Japaneseanese airfield at Boram, New Wewak, on the North coast of New Guinea, has been the target of many misisons of the U.S. Army Fifth Air Force. On September 27, U.S. airmen surprised enemy aircraft on the ground, destroyed 50 and damaged many

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

The Volcania munitions...

Sprilling action of a mining and artillery attack.

One of the Consolidated B-24 Liberators of the 15th AAF caught fire as it was unloading gas into drums at Lyons. No other planes were damaged.

Balikpapan Operation July 1-31, 1945-A close-up of one of the twin 25 mm Anti-Aircraft guns abandoned intact by the Japaneses at the entrance to Balikpapan Harbor. 5 July 1945.

These heaps of debris show the destruction done by bombers of the Ninth Air Force in the path of the retreating German armies, one and three quarter miles west of Valognes, France.

Aerial View Of Bomb Damaged City Of Nordhausen, Germany. 12 May 1945.

More trucks are smashed by the A-20 during the big push toward Rome, Italy.

Active Fires - California. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Bomb wrecked enemy planes lie deserted at an airbase near Tripoli, Tripolitania, North Africa. 26 June 1943.

DANZIG, POLAND

Petersburg, Virginia. Federal line near Fort Morton. Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 . United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865.

These German Vehicles Sd.Kfz. 251 Halftracks Were Destroyed By Dive Bombing And Strafing By Planes Of The 9Th Air Force, Near Gavray, France. 1 August 1942.

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

Joss, Sicily, LST (Tank) 158, Yellow Beach.

Capt. Green Jungle Rescue 19 March To 4 April 1945. A Pt-19 On A Search And Rescue Mission Which Crashed Three Minutes Flying Time From Shingbwiyang Air Field, Burma. Before The Injured Pilot (Capt. James L. Green) Could Be Evacuated From The Hillside Int

Mosquito Bombers Of The 2 Group Taf, Raf, During The Attack On Gael Airfield, France On 21 March 1944, Place Bomb Within 25 Feet Of Flak Tower. At The Time Of The Attack These 3 Towers Were Manned By Approximately 3 Men Each And Their Guns Can Be Seen In

A ground crewman sweeps lava dust from his battered North American B-25 as mighty Mt. Vesuivius erupts. His steel helmet protects him from falling rocks. March 1944.

CLG 8 Topeka , Ships, Naval Vessels, Boats, Naval History, Navy

The engine, and several leading cars of a train burst into flame under direct hits from 8th AAF fighter planes. Supply trains such as these are prize targets for the fast fighters and destruction of these valuable shipments are tremendous blows to

A Torn-Down Chinese Village With An American Air Base Just Beyond, Which Was, Until A Short Time Ago, A Village With Scores Of Mud-Brick Houses Inhabitied By Several Hundred Farm Families. But More Room Was Needed For The Busy Airfield, Where Cargo And F

Aerial View Of The Bomb Damaged City Of Siegen, Germany. 9 May 1945.

Salvage Dump And Parachute Shop (Right) On Ascension Island. 5 October 1945.

Fido Method Of Dispelling Fog At Airfield In England, 16 November 1944. 493Rd Bomb Group.

Closeup of Rabaul's waterfront. Sweeping low across the harbor a Fifth Air Force North American B-25 made this closeup of Rabaul's waterfront. At almost the same moment one of the largest flights of bombers which have attacked the enemy base dropped

Battle-field of Gettysburg Little Round Top. Swamp and breastworks in foreground. | Library of Congress

In front of Petersburg. Morgan collection of Civil War drawings. Meade, George Gordon, 1815-1872, Military service, Military reconnaissance, 1860-1870, Military camps, 1860-1870, Forts & fortifications, 1860-1870, Railroads, 1860-1870, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Campaigns & battles, Petersburg (Va.), History, Siege, 1864-1865, United States, Virginia, Petersburg

Positions near Görz Isonzo front, present-day Slovenia; photographer: Kriegsvermessung 5.

A LVT-5 vehicle of the 3rd Marine Division attempts to remove a crane from the water during an activity in Vietnam on May 7, 1965. The photograph, taken by Fraley, captures the military action. Courtesy of the Defense Department (Marine Corps), the image is numbered A194472 and labeled as GVB-342.

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

U.S. plane damaged during...

Boeing B-17 Flying Fortresses? Thunderbombers Of The 12Th Af Made This Rail Cut At Cittadella, Italy, 9 Dec. 1944 On The Important Supply Link From Udine To Verona, Along Which Nazi Materials Flow From Austria And Czechoslovakia, Trains Are Snarled As

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