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Aerial Reconnaissance Photos

Reconnaissance images showcasing aerial views of damage to military installations during WWII, revealing the aftermath of air raids.

For the second time in three days, American bombs fall on the outlying factory area southwest of Berlin, as Liberators and Flying Fortresses of the U.S. Army 8th Air Force blast targets there.

Raid on Railroad Yards at Vinh in French, Indo China. Target before bombing.

Aisne-Marne Cemetery where American soldiers are buried in France.

Bombs from attacking Boeing B-17 Flying Fortresses of the 15th AAF can be seen on their way to the target (in circle) as heavy bombers attacked the Portes Les Valences torpedo factory on Aug 8, 1944.

Alghero airfield in Sardinia as it is blasted by American B-26 Marauders, with Italian planes caught flat-footed on the ground. This photograph shows three of the big bombers laying their eggs over the circular field, and another, in upper right, has

Smoke Rises Into The Sky As Bombs Burst On Enemy Installations At Zeebrugge, Belgium. 28 July 1943.

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Reconnaissance Photo Of The Vital Rama Vi Bridge Held By The Japaneseanese At Bangkok, Thailand, Before It Was Bombed By Boeing B-29 Superfortresses Of Xx Air Force.

Wewak Airdrome, Northeast...

Amchitka Island with supplies on the ground.

At Matsuwa Is. Kurile Is Gp. Japaneses have installed (1) four large hangars and eight buildings, (2) probably dual purpose batteries, (3) probable maintenance shops and barrack-type structures, (4) ofxholes, (5) trenches, (6) tents, (7) revetments.

Toulon, France-Reaching out beyond the immediate bottle for Italy, the Strategic Air Force (15th AAF) hammered the naval and submarine base at Toulon in Southern France on Feb. 4. In the picture, taken from a Fortress in one of the early Groups to

Photo reconnaissance shows wrecked planes and a well "post-holed" field in the wake of raids by the Strategic Air Force on the airdrome at Ciampino South, below Rome, three days before the Allied landings around Anzio point.

Two Landing Strips Were Built At Motabu Airstrip, Okinawa, Ryukyu Retto; The Work Was Done By Men Of The 1113Th Hdq., Construction Group, The 822Nd, 842Nd, 183Rd & 1897Th Engineer Aviation Battalions. Construction Was Started On 1 July 1945 And On 6 Augu

Day after Christmas (26 Dec. 44) was one of those red-letter days over Clark Field in the Philippines, when Fifth Air Force Liberators straddled the strip with bombs and destroyed 15 planes on the ground. Fighters on this day shot down 39 Nips

Gliders after landing in France.

FOUR LESSONS IN PRECISION BOMBARDMENT--In this series of four dramatic photos is the most eloquent testimony to the hammering of enemy objectives by the Boeing B-17 Flying Fortresses and Consolidated B-24 Liberators of the 8th AAF (England)

This photo of Ortona, on the Adriatic coast of Italy, was made by a reconnaissance pilot of the U.S. Army Air Forces, while the Canadians of the British 8th Army were battling for possession of the town. Three General Sherman tanks may be seen in the

The Konz-Karthaus rail bridge over the Moselle Rover, five miles southwest of Trier, Germany as it appeared a few seconds before the U.S. Army 9th Air Force Marauders bombed the span, an important link in the movement of enemy supplies and troops to

Tanchuk, Chinese city on West River in Kwangsi Province, route of Japaneseanese invasion from Canton toward Liuchow, is bombed by the 14th Air force, which ofrmerly held the advanced air base nearby.

Aerial Photo Of Bordeaux, France. 29 October 1943.

After Planes Of The 2Nd Bomb Group, 49Th Bomb Squadron, 15Th Air Force Have Left Their Target At Naples, Italy On 17 May 1943, Smoke Billows Up From The Marshalling Yards And Oil Storage Tanks.

After the raid, a pall of smoke hovers over the target. Reconnaissance pictures taken an hour and a half after the Flying Fortresses had left showed that considerable damage had been caused to the aircraft factory, steel mills and railway yards.

At Alessandria, deep behind the enemy lines in Northern Italy, Republic P-47 Thunderbombers go on a shooting spree in an enemy railroad yard.

SORAU ATTACKED-U.S. Eighth AAF Boeing B-17 Flying Fortresses roared over the F.W. plant at Sorau, about 65 miles east of Cottbus on 29 May 44 and shortly later left it burning and smoking as shown. Heavy concentrations struck the largest assembly

Bombs Dropped By Planes Of The 95Th Bombardment Group, 8Th Air Force, Find Their Target On The Airdrome At Toulouse, France During A Bombing Mission On 12 August 1944.

Boeing B-17 Flying Fortresses of the 15th AAF attacked the Rimini railroad yards in northern Italy for the third successive day, on 30 Dec. As the bombs are falling toward the target, fires are still raging from the previous attacks. The results of

Martin B-26 Marauders of the First Tactical Air Force attacked the railroad bridge at Pisa, Italy, on 15 May 44, covering the bridge with a good concentration of bombs. The bridge and its approaches before the Martin B-26 Marauders dropped their

Zuoex, France-During bombing by Flying Fortresses and Liberators on 24 December 1943.

Dense smoke rolling from destroyed and damaged Japanese planes and installations at Dagua, one of the enemy's airstrips circling Wewak, New Guinea, in the wake of an Allied bombing attack.

Germany'S Armies Were Stalled By The Allied Bombing Of Her Oil Industry. This Finally Reduced Oil Production By 80 Thru Attacks Such As Those Against The Rhenania Ossag Refinery At Harburg. This Installation Was Hit 4 Times By The 8Th Air force And Once By Th

An Oil Tank On Japaneseanese-Occupied Bukum Island Near Singapore, Still Burns Many Hours After B-29 Superfortresses Of Brig. Gen. Roger M. Ramey's Xxth Bomber Command Hit The Vital Target From Bases In India. In The Lower Part Of The Picture, Other Destroyed

The Air Plan for support of the Allied Landings south of Rome on 22 January, called for the Strategic Air Force to knock out all the airdromes in the Rome area before D-day. The twin airdromes of Ciampino North and South were targets for the

Junkers Parent Plant -- The Home Plat Of The Junkers Aircraft Works At Dossan, 60 Miles Southeast Of Berlin, Spouts Flame And Smoke 30 May 44 Under The Onslaught Of U.S. Eight Aaf Heavy Bombers. Hits Were Scored On Other Important Installations.

This Photo Shows The Town Centre Of Kleve, Germany, After Attack On 7 Oct. 1944.

A compact cluster of bombs erupts on the Henschel aircraft engine works, after dropping from the bays of Flying Fortresses of the U.S. Army 8th AF. The heavy concentration of explosives hit four of the seven main workshops and started many fires.

Bombing of Padua East Rail Bridge, 7 November 1944. ITALY.

U.S. HEAVIES HIT BERLIN-Through a gap in the clouds, bomb bursts can be seen erupting on the marshalling yards in the Horst Wessel district of central Berlin during the attack on 24 May 44, by U.S. 8th AAF heavy bombers. Heavy concentrations were

Chief quarry is an armed cargo vessel as a Consolidated B-24 Liberator skimmed over. Crews saw one Japanese jump over side. Mergui is out of range of North American B-25 Mitchells generally used for low level missions, so surprise was achieved.

Clouds of smoke rise from the bomb-battered dock area of Athens, Greece, one of the German vital supply centers in the Eastern Mediterranean. The raid pictured was made by B-17 Flying Fortresses of the U.S. Army 15th Air Force. The German-held

Crailsheim Marshalling Yards, Germany after attack by 8th AF Flying Fortresses on 23 Feb. 1945. All the lines were cut in many places and blocked by derailed, destroyed or damaged freight cars. Hundreds of highly successful attacks like the

German 'Buzz' Bomb Somewhere Over Europe. 390Th Bomb Group, 8Th Air Force.

The Raid On Japanesean 18 April, 1942 -- On April 18, 1942, Sixteen North American B-25 Medium Bombers (Headed By Major General James H. Doolittle), Took Off From The Deck Of The U.S.S. Hornet, On A Daring Raid On Military Targets At Tokyo, Yokohama, Osaka, Ko

Of seven hangars, all of which were previously damaged or partly destroyed, four are now completely destroyed at the Melun airfield about 40 miles southeast of Paris, after the attack by 8th USAAF heavy bombers on 17 June 44. Two workshops were

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Their Job Completed, The Last Martin B-26 "Marauders" To Blast The Railroad Bridge Across The Rhone River, Arles, France, Headed For Home, Leaving Their Objective Shrouded In Smoke And Completely Destroyed.

Through Bologna'S Rail Yards Funnelled Traffic From France, Germany, The Balkans, And The Great Northern Industrial Areas Of Italy. Thus Bologna'S Rail Center Was Always A Favorite 15Th Af Target. This Is How The Yards Fared Under Air Attack. The Photo

CVA 64 Constellation , Ships, Naval Vessels, Boats, Naval History, Navy

Bombs away over San Stefano, Italy, on December 8. This picture which was taken from an AAF Flying Fortress shows the supply-craft-packed harbor before any bombs had actually fallen.

BORAM/WEWAK, NEW GUINEA BOMBING

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

Direct hits were scored blocking the line at Arezzo, Italy.

Landing Fields - Philippines - Mindanao Island, Aerial Photograph.

Bombs burst on the target near the city of Naga on Cebu Island in the Philippines. The Guerilla forces operating on Cebu had driven the Japanese into positions about the cities of Naga and Cebu with the exception of the northern tip. Twenty-five

This Road In Coutances, France Was Bombed Out By 9Th Af Bombers. 1 August 1944.

Hamburg-Schliemanns under attack.

A train of bombs drops from U.S. Army Air Forces planes on Japanese held territory in the Aleutians. Day in & day out our fighting forces harass the enemy at this important outpost. Note: Japaneseanese attempts to level out flight strip from rough terrain

Repairs To Battered Rail Communications At Kitzengen, Germany, Were Started Almost Immediately After 8Th Air force Heavy Bombers Attack The Yards On 23 Feb. 1945.

The main weight of the attack fell on the Finished Products Storage area.-A considerable number of hits were scored on the main refinery and on the Oil Storage Depot.-Budapest, Hungary.

Before This 350-Foot Road Bridge At Taungup Was Recently Attacked By Consolidated B-24 Liberators Of The Us Aaf Seventh Bombardment Group, It Was An Important Link In The Japaneseanese Supplu System In Burma. Over It The Japaneses Moved Food, Ammunition And Medica

Aerial view of the Italian Fleet which surrendered at Grand Harbor, Valletta, Malta. 1943.

Left: Berlin, German Before Bombing. This Area Is Immediately North Of The Tiergarten On Both Sides Of The River Spree As It Appeared Prior To Tremendous RAF Night Assaults In Late 1943 And Early 1944. Right: Berlin, Germany After Bombing. Damage Here

Weimar, Germany-Weimar Armament Works after attack of 24 Aug 44. Reconnaissance photo shows tremendous damage. In the armament works (bottom center) seven of ten main workshops have been destroyed, the boiler house gutted, and other smaller

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.

Photo Of Nazi Airfield At Chateaudun, France, Was Taken A Few Moments Before B-17 Flying Fortresses Of The 452Nd Bomb Group Released Their Bombs During Their Raid Of 28 March 1944. Pock-Marks On The Runways Indicate That These B-17S Had Made The Trip Bef

Douglas A-20 Havoc light bombers of the U.S. Ninth Air force are shown over the patch work landscape of France during a recent attack against enemy targets. The speedy, versatile attack bombers, which have been operating from England for several

Aircraft, Burma, India &Troops & PARATroops,MEIKTILA War

Disrupted Training -- Direct Hits On Tracks, Locomotive Sheds, Repair Shops And Other Installations Left This Scene At The Railway Marshalling Yards In Chalons, In Occupied France, Following The Heavy Attack On 27 April 44 By Consolidated B-24 Liberators

A B-26 Marauder of the 1st Tactical Air Force goes down over German-held Italy, with a missing left wing, (shot off by a Hun 88 mm flak shell), a rudder torn off and a broken plexi-glass nose. A second after this combat photograph was taken, the

Engine Repair Works, Antwerp, 5 April 1943.

BOMBS FALL ON GERMAN RAILYARDS AT ANSBACH--Bombs from U.S. Army 8th Air Force B-17 Flying Fortresses of the Third Air Division fall on and around the vital railway marshalling yards at Ansbach, Germany, making tangled wreckage of the

Blazing Paoching On The Tzu River -- In The Foreground (Left) Is The Vital Japanese Supply Line Connecting With Changsha. Note Pagoda In Right Foreground And The Bombed-Out Highway Bridge Across The Tzu Connecting With The Supply Route To The Chihkiang Front.

Damage To Kobe, Japan. 5 June 1945.

Bombing Of Railroad Yards At Florence, Italy, By Martin B-26 Marauders Of The 12Th Air Force.

Damage To Shipping And Harbors After Attacks By The 12Th And 15Th Air Forces At Toulon, France.

Mitchell bombers of the Tactical Bomber Force helped to pave the way for the capture of Porto-Civitanova. Hits were made on the bottleneck leading from the marshalling yards and warehouses were destroyed.

La Riviere, France, three miles west of Courseulles, is best landing point in this area, shows intense activity as LSTs and smaller craft jam its beaches. Tanks proceed up road at right headed for main highway which runs from Courseulles to Bayeux.

Detailing Information On Normandy Beach Defenses Was Obtained From "Dicing" Shots Like This. Three Tunnels Or Artificial Caves, Similar To Installations Encountered By The Canadians At Dieppe In 1942, Are Spotted East Of Le Treport, France. Affording Ex

Kobe, A Principal Japanese Shipping Center, Was Nearly 60%% Destroyed By B-29's Which Dropped 5,424 Tons On Incendiaries.

Aerial View Of The 8Th Air Force Station 167, Ridgewell, Essex County, England. 8 February 1944. 381St Bomb Group.

The town of Alife, Italy, before bombers of the U.S. Army Air Forces hit the Nazi-held communications center on 13 Oct, 1943.

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.

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.

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

Photo reconnaissance of Leghorn Harbor, Italy, after bombing.

Bomb Damaged Highway Bridge At Neuwied, Germany. Damage Was Caused By Bombing Of The 9Th Aaf Bombers.

Planes of the 451st Bomb Group, 724th Bomb Squadron score hits on the marshalling yards at Belgrade, Yugoslavia on 6 September 1944.

Douglas C-47'S (Tow Planes) And Waco Cg-4 Gliders Of The 52Nd Troop Carrier Wing At Ponte Olivo Airfield, Sicily. 25 October 1943.

Aircraft, Burma, India & INDIA,RESCUE War

A heavy concentration of Japanese vessels at Rabaul, New Britain was surprised and dispersed by a squadron of U.S. Air Force bombers in January 1943. Peering through their sights, the crews of the Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortresses" observe their targets

Bomb Damage Inthe Hildensheim Marshalling Yards In Germany After A 9Th Af Bombardment Attack. 22 Feb. 1945.

An aerial view of damaged Jap ships in the harbor of the North side of Cebu City, Philippine Islands. April 1945.

Parachute bombing of Rabaul, New Britain by the 498th Bomb Squadron, 345th Bomb Group. 2 November 1943.

Aerial View Of Ie Shima. 20 April 1945.

Apparently secure in their belief that East Prussia was beyond the range of daylight bombers, German defenses were caught napping Sautrday, October 9th, when Eighth Air Forces Bomber Command Flying Fortresses attacked the huge Focke Wulf aircraft

So Weymouth , Cities & towns. Photographs of the First Naval District

Martin B-26 Marauders Of The Tactical Air Force Leave The Smoke Covered Gun Positions Of Toulon, France After Attacking It On Aug 16, 1944.

Squantum Ma , Roads. Photographs of the First Naval District

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

Aerial view , Air bases. Photographs of the First Naval District

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

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