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Aerial Views of Military Installations

Black and white aerial photographs showcase various military installations, including hospitals and air stations, revealing historical military infrastructure.

N.A.S. Squantum, MA from West 5000 ft. , Air bases. Photographs of the First Naval District

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

Aerial View Of The 21St General Hospital At Mirecourt, France.

Naval Ammunition Depot, View from North, 3,000 Feet, Hingham, Massachusetts. 1939 - 1947.

N.A.S. Squantum, MA from West 5000 ft. , Air bases. Photographs of the First Naval District

Surfside , Signal stations, Radio Direction Finder Station. Photographs of the First Naval District

Advance Base Providing Ground, Davisville, Rhode Island. Administrative History of the First Naval District in World War II

Navy Hospital Chelsea from West - 10,000 Feet , Naval hospitals, United States Marine Hospital at Boston. Photographs of the First Naval District

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

TAF medium, light and fighter-bombers joined AAF heavies and RAF night bombers in dropping a total of more than 1,100 tons of bombs on the port of Leghorn, Italy.

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

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

Aerial View of Naval Net Depot and Coast Guard Station , Naval yards & naval stations. Photographs of the First Naval District

Fourteenth Air Force Headquarters, China -- Anticipating Japanese Troop Attack On French Garrisons In French Indo-China, Bridge-Busters Of The 14Th A.F. In A Single Operation Knocked Out Nine Important Transportation Briges On 5 March 1945. This Combat Photo

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Reporting airport Djokja, arrival Catalina Republic, watching members committee of good services. Aerial view, coastal area with inundations or floods. December 19, 1948. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies

Orient Heights , Construction, Express highways, Orient Heights. Photographs of the First Naval District

Texas City Fire Aerial.

Aerial view of Naval Training Station and War College , Military education, Educational facilities, Naval War College U.S.. Photographs of the First Naval District

AF-62 Bellatrix , Ships, Naval Vessels, Boats, Naval History, Navy

Gould Island Ferry Slip & Garage and Locomotive Building , Naval yards & naval stations, Coddington Cove Annex. Photographs of the First Naval District

Soesterberg airbase, the American camp of the 32nd Tactical Fighter Squadron (TFS).

Coasters Harbor Island-view from west 3000 ft. , Islands. Photographs of the First Naval District

N.A.S. Squantum, MA from North 10000 ft. , Air bases. Photographs of the First Naval District

Rose Island, Newport, RI , Islands. Photographs of the First Naval District

The reservoir at Arnhem (object 2) is in the harbor and was intended to take out the Lower Rhine. The weir is located on the city side with the Uiterwaardspark Meinerswijk on the other side of the river. The IJssellinie during the Cold War.

Four Airfields To Handle Medium Bombers And Fighter Aircraft Were Built Facing Northeast-Southwest On This Island. Construction Done By 935Th Hqs Eab Co., 805Th, 1873Rd, 1892Nd And 1902Nd And 1903Rd Eabs. The First Strip To Start Construction Was 'A' On

Part of the dock area at Dunkirk before a British bombing *****. November 18, 1940.

Gould Island, Rhode Island. Administrative History of the First Naval District in World War II

Aerial view of Squibnocket Pond , Lakes & ponds, Squibnocket Pond. Photographs of the First Naval District

U.S. Fuel Depot, Melville, RI , Military depots, USN Fuel Depot. Photographs of the First Naval District

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

Rose Island, Newport, RI , Islands. Photographs of the First Naval District

Aircraft, Burma, India &Strafing &Combat War

Naval Mine and Net Depot-Melville, RI , Naval yards & naval stations. Photographs of the First Naval District

Over One Hundred Bombers Can Be Seen On The Strip In This Low Oblique Shot Of The Airstrip On Angaur Island In The Caroline Group, 3 December 1944.

Naval Reserve Aviation Base (Squantum) Boston, MA-Property under lease to Dennison Airport Corp. in lower right , Air bases. Photographs of the First Naval District

Aerial View of Naval Air Station, Squantum, Massachusetts. 1939 - 1947.

N.A.S. Squantum, MA from North 5000 ft. , Air bases. Photographs of the First Naval District

NDF Station , Signal stations, NDF Station. Photographs of the First Naval District

Nambucca River. New South Wales. August 07, 1942.

Naval Torpedo Station, Newport, RI , Naval yards & naval stations, Naval Torpedo Station. Photographs of the First Naval District

Historic Coast Guard Stations - 26-HK-346-22. Hurricane Katrina

Aerial View Of Medical Hospital Of The 381St Bomb Group. England.

B-29S Of The 20Th Af Assembled On Baker Runway, Saipan, Marianas Islands To Load Food And Clothing To Be Dropped To Pw Camps. 314Th Bombardment Wing

Landing Fields - Philippines - Nichols Field, Aerial Photograph.

Cg-4 Gliders Come To Earth In Briefed Dropping Area Outside Le Muy, France. Dust Clouds Kicked Up By Gliders Have Not Yet Settled.

Aerial view after development including Fargo Barracks and outside recreation facilites , Naval yards & naval stations, U.S. Naval Dry Dock. Photographs of the First Naval District

Aerial View ,. Photographs of the First Naval District

Aerial view of Gould Island , Islands, Gould Island. Photographs of the First Naval District

Aerial airbase de peel.

Aerial shot De Peel airbase

View of Bofors.

AMS-111 , Ships, Naval Vessels, Boats, Naval History, Navy

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

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.

Radio Direction Finder Station , Signal stations, Radio Direction Finder Station. Photographs of the First Naval District

Aerial View ,. Photographs of the First Naval District

U-boat Warfare 1939-1945 U-boat bases: Concrete U-boat pens at Brest showing damage sustained after bombing attacks by the Royal Air Force.

A Prisoner Of War Camp Just South Of Nagasaki, Japanesean. A Flag Believed To Be Dutch Was Seen At This Camp.

1500 Feet , Naval yards & naval stations, Section Base. Photographs of the First Naval District

Naval Training Station and Naval Hospital, Newport, RI , Naval hospitals, Military education, Educational facilities. Photographs of the First Naval District

Factories, railroad repair sheds, warehouses are every port. Leghorn, third largest port in Italy, was no exception. All those installations made ripe targets for Operation Strangle. When the 5th Army marched in, they found that the Air Forces had

Aerial airbase de peel.

Aerial View ,. Photographs of the First Naval District

Aerial shot De Peel airbase

1500 Feet , Naval yards & naval stations, Section Base. Photographs of the First Naval District

Historic photographs of the Norfolk Naval shipyard located in the Fifth Naval District. Operating under the Department of Defense and the Department of the Navy.

Aerial view of harbor , Harbors. Photographs of the First Naval District

Neuengamme Nazi concentration camp in Northern Germany, consisted of the main camp, Neuengamme, and more than 85 satellite camps. Established in 1938 over 100,000 prisoners came through Neuengamme and its subcamps, 24 of which were for women. The verified death toll is 42,900.

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

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

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

Photographs depicting military activities in France, May - June 1940. Included photographs of Rommel, Guderian, Dreuz, Bottcher, Italian General Garaboldi, Lucie Rommel, shots of Rommel with Hitler. Photographs of equipment and troops arriving and in action, from the personal collection of Rommel.

Blasted Bridges Reflect The Fury Of Allied Air Attacks And The Swiftness Of German Retreat In Western Germany.

U.S. Naval Station, Portland, Maine. 1939 - 1947.

Combat Camera view of Lae, New Guinea showing Bombs bursting on the Japanese-occupied airdrome and dispersal areas, and in the water near a sinking Japanese armed ship.

The city of Portoferraio photographed from a captive balloon (Drachen) during military exercises in the Tyrrhenian Sea, Elba Island, Italy, photograph, from L'Illustrazione Italiana, Year XXXV, No 41, October 11, 1908.

Terraced Hillsides Surrounding Nagasaki Did Little To Lessen The Destructiveness Of The Second Atom Bomb Dropped 9 August 1945.

Aerial view of NDF Station , Signal stations, Coastlines, NDF Station. Photographs of the First Naval District

Radio Direction Finder Station, Winter Harbor, ME-General view , Signal stations, Radio Direction Finder Station. Photographs of the First Naval District

Harbor-aerial view , Harbors. Photographs of the First Naval District

Aerial view of Section Base , Naval yards & naval stations, Section Base. Photographs of the First Naval District

Visit to Napier - West shore from Pandora Pt (Point), 03 September 1948-07 September 1948, by Leslie Adkin.

The throw at Olst. Due to the high water, the cassemates (islets) can be seen from the air cooling guns.

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Palembang aerial photos. Palembang. Port. 19 February 1948. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies

Aerial view of harbor , Harbors. Photographs of the First Naval District

Aerial view , Signal stations. Photographs of the First Naval District

Bombing of Vunakanau...

Radio Direction Finder Station-detail view , Signal stations, Radio Direction Finder Station. Photographs of the First Naval District

Aerial View Of The Bomb Damaged Railroad Yards At Kaiserslautern, Germany. 8 May 1945.

Malmen aerial view of the Malmen camp area.

German prisoners surrendering at Beaugency, France, after the 9th Air Force destroyed all avenues of communications escape or reinforcements, 17 September 1944.

Aerial airbase de peel.

Navy Yard Annex, So. Boston, MA from South, 3000 feet , Naval yards & naval stations, South Boston Naval Annex. Photographs of the First Naval District

Aerial photograph showing the road bridge across the Waal at Nijmegen, Holland, 1944. This photograph was taken prior to Operation 'Market Garden'; the audacious plan to lay an Allied 'carpet' of Airborne troops from Eindhoven to Arnhem, to capture a route to invade Germany. Date: 1944

Photographs depicting military activities in France, May - June 1940. Included photographs of Rommel, Guderian, Dreuz, Bottcher, Italian General Garaboldi, Lucie Rommel, shots of Rommel with Hitler. Photographs of equipment and troops arriving and in action, from the personal collection of Rommel.

Nambucca Heads. February 27, 1942.

Russian Quit Iran -- An Aerial view of Kazvin Pass, about 30 miles North of Kazvin. A Russian column is seen moving North toward Pahlevi, the Iran Port across the Caspian Sea.The problem regarding the Russian entry into Persia has seen solved. The withdrawal of Soviet troops from the regions of Meshed, Shahrud, Semnan and other points has nearly been completed. The Soviet action, which has discussed by the Security Council of the United Nations, in New York, was described as a "Violation of the 1942 Treaty". A few days after Andrei Gromyko had walked out of the assembly, it was decided to shelve the Iranian problem on the understanding that Soviet Troops would quit Iran. April 17, 1946. (Photo by Associated Press Photo).

Aerial View of Naval Ammunition Depot, Hingham, Massachusetts. 1942-01-01T00:00:00.

Hurricane 'Betsy' - Puerto Rico - 8/12/1956 , Buildings, Civil defense. Records of the Office of Civil Defense and Defense Mobilization

Aerial shot De Peel airbase

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