Bombing and War Damage Inspections

Images showing destruction from bomb raids during WWII, depicting the aftermath and assessment of military operations.

Wreckage of a Douglas C-47 which crashed about 4 miles north of Palermo airfield on 24 Oct 43.

Air Force personnel inspect damage done to a hangar at Ciampino Airfield near Rome, Italy. The building was demolished during a bombing raid by the Mediterranean Army Air Forces.

Aircraft, Burma, India & Bombing,

Skrroved Italy.nrandy protection in Grass 31.10.17. .

Information office radio broadcaster Dutch Guinea. wreck Martin Mariner Merauke. August 1957. Merauke, Guinea

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.

A German Mobile 15Cm Howitzer Sig 33 'Bison' Silenced By Ninth Air Force Republic P-47 Thunderbolt Fighter-Bombers Of The Ix Tactical Air Command Near Trois Ponts, Belgium. His Armored Spearheads Blunted By The Ninth's Three Tactical Air Commands During

09/01/1937. Remains of Houses, in Carabanchel, where the National Troops were Found, Blown up by the Republican Bombers.

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.

Anefo photo collection. Repro Rotterdam bombing 1940. Cinema City Hoogstraat. 1940. Rotterdam, South Holland

Wreckage of a Douglas C-47 which crashed about 4 miles north of Palermo airfield on 24 Oct 43.

The Blast And Concussion Effects Of High-Altitude Daylight Bombing By The Us 8Th Air force Has Been Recorded In The Wrecked Reinforced Concrete Columns And Roof Panels Of The Paint Shop At The Messerschmitt Factory At Augsburg, Germany.

Photo collection First World War. The British Western Front in France. General View of La Bassée. 1914-1918}. France, La Bassée

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.

A Heap Of Wrecked Planes At Wheeler Field, T.H.

These warehouses were severely damaged in an early bombing on Cebu City. 12 April 1945, Cebu Island, Philippine Islands.

Photo collection Spaarnestad topics. Netherlands Front, 1944. Inflated bridge at Venlo. 1945. Venlo

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 The Bomb Damaged Railroad Yards At Hildensheim, Germany. 10 May 1945.

With Only 150 Tons, 9Th Af B-26S Blocked The Germans' Escape Route At La Roche, Belgium For Three Days.

From the Italy.Derstörten Noventa A.D. Piave 8.8.18. .

Original caption: "SR37 ". 1936 - 1942. Pacific Region (Riverside, CA). Photographic Print. Department of the Interior. Office of Indian Affairs. Mission Agency. 11/15/1920-6/17/1946. Photographs

Royal Air Force- Italy, the Balkans and South-east Europe, 1942-1945. Wrecked and damaged Italian fighters outside bomb-shattered hangars at Catania, Sicily, under the scrutiny of an airman, shortly after the occupation of the airfield by the RAF.

Railroad cars are piled up and completely destroyed in an excellent exhibition of pinpoint bombing by Allied bombers on the Ostiense Railroad Yards near Rome, Italy.

Wing of a Boeing B-17G, the trailing edge is shown ripping by a direct large caliber antiaircraft hit over Berlin on 6 March 44. Although 24 inches of the left aileron, including the trim tab, was destroyed, the Tokio tanks and control cables were

Ruins caused by explosion. .

The Us 8Th Air force Consolidated B-24 Liberators Put The Entire Rheinmetall-Borsing Ag, General Engineering And Armament Works Plant Out Of Production With Their Attack On March 18, 1945. Here, Willi Scradel, Former Machinist, Now A Plant Watchman Looks At The

Bombs Dropped By Planes Of The 17Th Bomb Group Explode On The Capestrello, Italy, Railroad Junction During A Raid On 26 May 1944.

Anefo photo collection. Repro Rotterdam bombing 1940. 1940. Rotterdam, South Holland

Photo collection First World War. The Western Front in France. View or .. or combles. {1914-1918}. Combles, France

THE WAR IN EGYPT, THE EFFECT OF THE BOMBARDMENT

Ruins Of The Consolidated B-24 Liberator 'Wicked Witch' After A Japanese Raid On Funafuti Island, Ellice Islands. 17 November 1943.

AIR ATTACK ON WARSHIPS-A gaping hole in the deck of the French battleship "Dunkerque" attests the success of a Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress bombs which fell on the drydock at Toulon, France.

Summit on the VRSIC. .

3 Strikes In A Row By Us 8Th Air force. In The Foreground, Blasted Rail Transport; Across The Road, A Pot-Holed Airfield; And In The Middle Distance, Blasted Buildings, Roofles And Windowless, At Frankfurt, Germany.

Photograph showing the ruined barrack stores of the Alcazar at Toledo after the 70 day siege during the Spanish Civil War, 1936. At the beginning of the Spanish Civil War, the Nationalists in the city of Toledo retreated to the fortress of the city, the Alcazar. They were quickly surrounded by Republican forces who tried everything in their power to capture the fortress. After 70 days a Nationalist relief force arrived, under General Varela, and promptly captured the rest of Toledo. Dat

Camporovere. Described shelter. .

Fotocollectie Eerste Wereldoorlog. The German advance to the Marne. From our batteries caused position at the Fort de Pinon. 1914-1918}. Frankrijk, Pinon

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 Sienna, Italy.

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.

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.

A junk pile of enemy aircraft in a corner of Castel Benito Airfield, near Tripoli, Tripolitania, Libya.

Bomb Damaged V-1 Rocket Ramp At Cherbourg, France

Bomb Damage To Railroad Yards At Arezzo, Italy.

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.

That Boeing B-29S Of The 7Th Air Force Accomplished Their Mission During A Two Hour Incendiary Raid Is Recorded Photographically In This View Of Yokohama, Japan, Taken From The Prefectural Police Station On 5 September 1945.

Holmsveden accident 26/2-1917

These 8th Air Force Boeing B-17s on Poltava Airfield, Ukraine, Russia, having just completed their first shuttle-bombing msision from England, were destroyed on the ground in a perfectly timed and well executed attack by the German Air Force on the

Italy.Situng Westl.Codroipo 18.11.17. .

Dutch Airplane disaster. Dec. 1934, Middle East

Ruins of Mrs. Henry's House, Battlefield of Bull Run March 1862 George N. Barnard American Despite their preparations, Mathew B. Brady and his corps of field photographers did not return with a single photograph from the wars first land battle, at Bull Run, Virginia, in July 1861. And no Southern photographers are known to have attempted to photograph the battle preparations or aftermath. Won by Confederate General Robert E. Lee, the Battle of First Manassas (as it is still known in the South) was fought along a creek near the farmhouse in this photograph. Made eight months after the battle, this landscape by Brady operative George N. Barnard shows the ruins of Judith Henrys house.According to contemporary reports, Mrs. Henry was an invalid octogenarian widow who, because of her infirmities, was unable to leave the site of the battle that took place surrounding her home along Bull Run Creek. By removing her to a gully nearby, her children helped her survive the first charge. But when

PLOESTI DEVASTATION caused by Allied Attacks. There were 23 large scale attacks on Ploesti, Rumania between April 5 and Aug 19, 1944 by the Mediterranean Allied Air Forces. During this period more than 13,000 tons of bombs were

Photograph of Commander Harold G. Belford of Newport Inspecting a Wrecked Japanese Dual-purpose Gun. Direct Hit Silenced This Jap Battery. Coast Guard Commander Harold G. Belford of Newport, Rhode Island, inspects a Japanese dual-purpose gun, uprooted and wrecked by the terrific aerial and sea bombardment that accompanied the invasion of Kwajalein atoll in the Marshall Islands. Commander Belford participated in the operation of Coast Guard-manned landing craft in the capture of the strategic Jap stronghold in the South Pacific.

Second World War. After the fighting. Ukraine. Graves of fallen relatives of the German Wehrmacht near Oskotschnoje

Photo collection First World War. The Front in France. Combles Main Street. 1914-1918}. Combles, France

Fotocollectie Eerste Wereldoorlog. Zeppelin raid 23rd/24th 09.1916. Gun platform which was on the top of the envelope and upon which two machine guns were fitted. 23 september 1916. Groot-Brittannië

Bomb Damage To A Railroad Bridge In Paris, France. 30 Aug 1944.

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.

Richmond, Virginia. Destroyed Richmond & Petersburg locomotive. Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 . United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865.

North side. .

Refuse and rubbish , Refuse. Photographs of the First Naval District

Balikpapan Operation July 1-31, 1945-A half mile section of Vasay highway adjacent to the Sepinggang Airstrip about twelve miles northeast of Balikpapan Refinery. In this section the road was almost completely destroyed by 500 and 1000 lb. bombs.

Picture Number 4. Pro-Headquarters 1944 2271 Owi Ea 34144. Destroying The Luftwaffe On The Ground And In The Air To Prevent Successful Aerial Interference With Our Troops And Supply Movements Has Been An Integral Part Of The Allied Campaign In Europe.

Cpl. P G. Carnochan stands in front of a ruined building near Field Hospital 307, formerly the headquarters of an Artillery regiment attached to the 77 Div. The building was destroyed shortly after their headquarters moved. Location: Chery Chartreuve, France. Image taken on 9/10/18 by an unidentified photographer. Passed by A.E.P. censor, exact date not provided. Image number: 111-SC-22577.

Vestibule of "Chancellor"

Bomb damage to Littoria Airdrome, Rome, Italy, sometime in 1944.

Aaf Bomb Damage In Oil Plants -- Docks And Shore Installations Lie In Tangled Uselessness, The Product Of Aaf Attacks To Throttle German Military Power Thru The Destruction Of The Germany Oil Supply, Production Adn Transportation Facilities. This Maze Of

Planes Of The Mediterranean Allied Air Forces Attacked The Rail Yards At Parma, Italy. One Of The Many Po River Targets. They Left The Yards Filled With Bombed And Burned Out Cars Of All Types.

Photo collection First World War. Zeppelin Brought Down in Potters Bar. Searching for bodies. 1914-1918}. Great Britain, Potters Bar

The Narrow Defile Of The Kaiserslautern-Bad Durkheim Road On Which Republic P-47 Thunderbolts Surprised A German Convoy, Strewing Both Sides Of The Highway For Miles With Vehicles And Dead And Wounded Germans And Horses. Attacks Of This Kind Helped Pave

Houses affected by English bombs. Houses in a densely populated residential area are affected by English bombers 'somewhere in the Netherlands,' said the caption. Text strip of photo stuck.

Photo collection Spaarnestad topics. Destructions 1940 The Netherlands - R to Z. Renswoude 1940 .. June 5, 1940. The Netherlands

Photo collection First World War. The Western Front. The western front. Soldiers try to free a horse in the mud. 1914-1918}

Explosion at FLSG "A" FLC ammunition dump in Phu Bai, Vietnam on August 25, 1967. The explosion was caused by burning grass, resulting in significant damage. This photograph showcases the aftermath of the detonation and was taken by the Defense Department (Marine Corps).

Aircraft, Burma, India & Bombing,

Anefo photo collection. Royal Dutch Princess Irene Brigade. February 1945. Vrouwenpolder, Zeeland

Black and white photograph of World War II (1939-1945); the War in Russia; The field of battle in Kharkov.

Destruction of Atlanta, Ga., by Sherman's army, November 1864. War views. 1861 - 1865. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. United States , History , Civil War, 1861-1865

Recorded ammunition cars.3.11.17. .

Wrecked Railroad Cars In The Marshalling Yards Of Linz, Austria, Caused By The Bombing Of The 15Th Air Force.

The picture shows a destroyed Mark IV tank who has been lying on the road.On the right side of the vehicle, a hole and the larval tape that has sprouts appears. The picture shows a ruined land IV tank that has been lying on the road.On the right side of the vehicle, a hole and the larval tape that have sprouts are visible.

Pvt. William V. Bernbaum, Brooklyn, N.Y., of the 409th Service Squadron, 8th Service Group, standing guard at an American plane salvage yard at an airdrome near Port Moresby, Papua, New Guinea. 2 November 1942.

Destruction of a Belgian farm by advancing German forces in 19140101 this farm is near Haelen. World War One, Belgium

Bomb damage to government buildings in Manila, Philippine Islands, Feb. 1945.

Damage to Gun Position 2 at Fort Hermann Rombon,Julian Alps; photographer: 10. Armeekommando Rohr.

Bomb Damaged Buildings In Kassel, Germany. 29 April 1945.

October 1936. Toledo (Spain). Spanish Civil War. Destruction caused by red artillery in the library of the Alcázar of Toledo.

The Southern End of Louisville, Kentucky, submerged by the High Waters of the Ohio River - 1907

During The Bombing Of The Airdrome Near Villacoublay, France, This German Ju 88 Plane Caught Fire, Burning The Tail Completely Off. The Hangar Escaped More Luckily Than Did Most Of The Others On The Airdrome. 1 September 1944.

January 8, 1937. The terrace of the Chilean embassy after a Bombing.

After a large blast of 400 cubic meters away at Tomteboda.

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Anefo photo collection. Walcheren. 28 February 1946. Walcheren, Zeeland

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 To Valognes, France. 22 July 1944.

Skip-bombing accounted for gun crews whose weapons, like this Nip adapted Navy type 75 mm, were dug into countless hillsides and protected from direct hits by rugged mahogany timbers. "Jungle Air Force" B-25's, specialists at this type of bombing

Yanks Advance Into Battered Naha: A line of leathernecks of the sixth division marches past rubble of buildings into the battered city of Naha, once a capital of 66,000 residents, as the drive to complete capture of Okinawa continues. May 28, 1945. (Photo by AP Wirephoto).

Effect of a Russian aviator bomb, dropped in the immediate vicinity of the reserves pital in Buczacz, on 19.I.1916 at 9 o'clock 45 min.nm.Wobei 3 man killed, 2 men were seriously injured. .

Remains of the French torpedo boat Fronde on the shores of Hong Kong after the typhoon that hit the city on September 18, 1906, China, photograph by H Dangu from L'Illustration, No 3322, October 27, 1906.

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