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Aerial Reconnaissance of Bombing Damage

Historic aerial images depicting the aftermath of heavy bombing raids on various military and industrial targets in Germany and surrounding regions. The images showcase destruction and battlefield con

Photo reconnaissance of Politz, Germany after the U.S. heavy bomber attack.

Direct Hits from the Air, Striking R.A.F. photograph showing a British bomb bursting on impact

Area Near Hingham, Massachusetts. 1939 - 1947.

Neunkirchen, Germany After A Bombing Attack By A 9Th Af Bombers 15Th March 1945.

Amazing pin-point accuracy of U.S. Army Air Forces bombardiers is eloquently demonstrated in the accompanying photographs. Two of them show "before-and-after" picture of a raid by Northwest African Air Forces Flying Fortresses on the important oil

Landing Fields - Philipines - Mindanao Island, Aerial Photograph.

Location: 7 1/2 Miles West Of Arezzo. Reference Point R168350. Attack: 26 March 1944. 71 Martin B-26 Marauders; 45 X 2000; 169 X 1000 Lb Bombs.

U.S. 2,000 lb Glide H.E. bombs in flight toward Cologne, Germany.

Living Quarters Of The 381St Bomb Group At 8Th Air Force Station 167, Ridgewell, Essex County, England.

View from Northeast, U.S. Naval Air Station, South Weymouth, Massachusetts. 1939 - 1947.

Jap War Plant In Formosa Bombed -- Bombs from a 5th air force squadron fall on a Japanese war plant making precision equipment at Takao, Formosa's chief port and industrial city. More bombs fell on the target (right) after this picture was taken, the army said. March 12, 1945. (Photo by AP Wirephoto).

Demolished By The Retreating Enemy, This Highway Span Crossing The Rhine At Bonn, Germany, Once Carried The Traffic Of Germany'S Famed Autobahn. In This Tactical Reconniassance Photo, Taken By 1St Lt. Leland C. Shoaf, Dickson, Ill., A North American P-51

Before The Attack -- The P-plane site at Fressin in the Pas de Calais area, from which flying bombs are believed to be launched against Southern England, is shown moments before U.S. Eighth A.A.F. heavy bombers launched an attack on July 6th. The B-17 Fortresses and B-24 Liberators bombed 18 of the German flying-bomb sites. This was the 14th., sharp assault on the Pas de Calais area since D-day and it was the sixth Allied blow against the buzz-bomb nests in less than 48 hours. July 9, 1944. (Pho

Clouds of smoke rise from the battered dock area of Athens, one of the Axis vital supply centers during raid on 11 Jan 44 by Boeing B-17 Flying Fortresses.

U.S. Military Cemetery at Athens, Greece. This cemetery, the first to be established in the Balkans lies three miles west of the historic city along the road to the ancient Greek port of Piraeus.

Aerial View Of The Bomb Damaged Railroad Yards At Siegen, Germany. 9 May 1945.

5Th Air Force Headquarters (Motabu) Area Along North Route #1, West Side Of Okinawa. Rear Echelon Arrived The Later Part Of July. Landings Were Made Off The Lst Seen Lower Left, Foreground Of Picture. 1945.

Us Military Cemetary At Marzanello Nuovo, Italy. The First American Soldier Was Buried Here 6 Nov. 1943.

Ushi Point Airfield in northern Tinian Island, Marianas, photographed from about 20,000 feet by a Navy photo-reconnaissance plane of the Pacific Fleet. The odd symmetry of the field and the almost perfect circle of the taxiway in the lower right-hand corner are peculiar to the Japanese. The taxiway leading off to the left in the center of the picture joins the field with a new strip nearby. Numerous enemy planes can be seen period in the dispersal areas along either aide of the runway. August 14, 1944. (Photo by Official U.S. Navy Photograph).

A sheet of solid flame streams from the wing of a Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress of the U.S. 8th Air Force as it banks out of formation and heads for snow-covered Germany below. Photo taken during the large daylight assault 24 Dec 44, on Nazi

New View Of Ancient Tengchung -- This aerial view of Tengchung, taken from an American plane whose bombs can be seen exploding far below, shows a new perspective of the ancient walled city which was liberated from the Japanese on Sept. 14, 1944. The houses in this area, a type usually found in wealthy districts of Chinese cities, are all built around a courtyard with their roofs in many instances joined to each other. Tenchung was formerely a prosperous trade center and was visited in the 13th Century by Marco Polo, famed Venetian traveler. It vras the first large city to be liberated in more than seven years of the Chinese Japanese war. With its capture, completed a few days after this picture was made, one of the main obstacles linking the Burma and Ledo roads was eliminated. December 01, 1944. (Photo by U.S. Office of War Information Picture).

Bomb Damage To Hesepe Airfield Near Osnabruck, Germany.

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

US Naval Air Station (Vertical) , Air bases. Photographs of the First Naval District

Bomb damage to the center portion of Luzon Island, Philippine Islands.

Argentan, France two hours after Amerian forces made their first entry. 9th Air Force tactical reconnaissance photographer records fires burning in the heart of the city which were set by the Germans as the retreated.

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

Bombs, dropped by Consolidated B-24 "Liberators" of the 494th Bomb Group, burst on the target at Corregidor in the Philippine Island on 14 March 1945.

An aerial view of the Naval Supply Center. Base: Norfolk State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

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.

Bomb Damage At Bremen, Germany.

Aerial view of a part of the area affected during the flood disaster of 1953. Note: The description of this photo is not yet complete and will be supplemented on the basis of the data available at a later stage. However, of many photos of the flood disaster 1953, the location is unknown.

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

Aerial view of a part of the area affected during the flood disaster of 1953. Note: The description of this photo is not yet complete and will be supplemented on the basis of the data available at a later stage. However, of many photos of the flood disaster 1953, the location is unknown.

The reservoir at Arnhem (object 2) is in the harbor and was intended to take out the Lower Rhine. To the right of the STUW is to see Arnhem and on the opposite side of the River Uiterwaardpark Meinerswijk. The IJssellinie during the Cold War.

Bombing of Hamburg-Rhenania-Ossag and Abrecht plants by U.S. heavy bombers during World War II

Both of the 400-foot block ships have been severely damaged.-Leghorn, Italy.

Worms, Germany After A Bombing Attack By Martin B-26S On 18 March 1945.

A Curtiss C-46 "Commando" of the Second Emergency Rescue Squadron parachutes supplies to the camp where the injured pilot of a wrecked Vultee L-5, Lt. Stanley J. Hillock, lies awaiting rescue. The L-5 crashed on 7 April 1947 and on 19 April 1947

British military camp in a ruined village. One of a series of British aerial reconnaissance photographs recording the positions of trenches on the Western Front during the First World War. A British military camp, based in the ruins of a bomb-damaged village. An original caption identifies the positions of transport wagons, Nissen huts and horse standings in the bottom left hand corner. Nord-Pas de Calais or Picardie, France, 30 January 1918., Nord-Pas de Calais, France, Western Europe, Europe .

Aerial View of Gliders Over Belgium. Aerial View of Gliders Over Belgium.

Aerial photograph showing parachutes of the Allied Airborne Army floating down to earth and discarded ones, after landing, in Holland, September 1944. On 17th September 1944 Operation 'Market Garden' was put into action; a bold plan devised by Field-Marshal Montgomery to drop thousands of airborne troops into Holland to capture an invasion route into Germany. The British First Airborne, American 81st and 101st Divisions took part in the plan, which was ultimately unsuccessful. Date: 1944

Sand loan from aircraft.

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

Aerial bombing of Barcelona, 17 March 1938, by the Italian air force..

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

Ruins Of The French Battleship "Dunkerque" In The Bomb Damaged Harbor At Toulon, France.

Royal Air Force Operations in the Far East, 1941-1945. Incendiary bombs fall on the village of Ngazaunglipet during an attack of Japanese positions in the Traungdaung District of northern Burma by aircraft of No. 221 Group RAF.

Air-up Airbase Volkel

Asiago, flying of the observer, during bombardment. .

Soldiers marching in the Third Liberty Loan Parade in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in April 1918. The parade was held to promote the sale of war bonds during World War I. Photographer: Unknown. Date: April 1918. Source: Photographs of American Military Activities during World War I, 111-SC-16570.

City of Horror -- This air of Dunkirk, French coastal city through which the British Expdetitionary Force fought a desperate rear guard action escaping from the Low Country trap, was made from a German Junkers plane as it took a party of newspapermen on a trip along the Channel coast some time ago. Since then British bombers are reported to have added to the havoc below. October 24, 1940. (Photo by ACME).

Bomb Damage In The Marshalling Yards At Kaiserslautern, Germany After A 9Th Aaf Bombardment Attack.

Detachment 101, an enigmatic Allied intelligence and special operations unit during World War II, played a pivotal role in the Burmese theater. Operating deep in the jungles of Burma, their mission was multi-faceted, encompassing guerrilla warfare, espionage, and sabotage against Japanese forces. Comprising a diverse group of individuals, from OSS agents to indigenous fighters, they effectively disrupted Japanese supply lines, gathered critical intelligence, and supported resistance movements.

BLASTING NAZI RAIL COMMUNICATIONS THROUGH ROME AND FLORENCE, ITALY. American bombing raids show how, with precision bombing, men of the U.S. Army 12th AF strike military targets. Heavy smoke billows up from bombs

DN-SN-88-06419. Base: Naval Air Station Patuxent River State: Maryland (MD) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Portion Of At 8Th Air Force Station 167, Ridgewell, Essex County, England. The 381St Bomb Group Was Stationed Here.

Map of the decisive Battle of Kunersdorf occurred on 12 August 1759 near Kunersdorf (Kunowice), immediately east of Frankfurt an der Oder (the second largest city in Prussia). Part of the Third Silesian War and the wider Seven Years' War, the battle involved over 100,000 men. An Allied army commanded by Pyotr Saltykov and Ernst Gideon von Laudon that included 41,000 Russians and 18,500 Austrians defeated Frederick the Great's army of 50,900 Prussians.

Map of the Battle of Nashville, December 15 and 16, 1864. USA Civil War

Navy Yard Annex , Naval yards & naval stations, Navy Yard Annex. Photographs of the First Naval District

Aviation Training Center - Mobile Aircrew - Aftermath and Rescue - 26-HK-279-183. Hurricane Katrina

Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 772 - 26-HK-334-39. Hurricane Katrina

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