Historic Military Operations

Aerial and ground views of military activities including aircraft, soldiers repairing runways, and fuel operations. The mood is historical and operational, showcasing wartime efforts.

The Long Seige Of Brest, France, Destroyed Or Damaged Virtually Every Building And Military Installations In The City. 26 Sept 1944.

Kuma class cruiser taking...

Russian soldiers using steel matting, repair runway at Poltava Airfield, Ukraine, Russia.

Men Of The Forward Echelon Detachment Tap Fuel Barrels Prior To Draining In Trough. China.

Aircraft, Burma, India &Strafing &Combat War

15TH ARMY AIR FORCE--"Evil Eye Egbert," B-17 Flying Fortress of the Fifteenth AAF, ran out of gas and let its crew down on the Adriatic Sea, 800 yards off the Italian shore and almost within sight of an emergency field. The Fortress remained afloat

The Long Seige Of Brest, France, Destroyed Or Damaged Virtually Every Building And Military Installations In The City. 26 Sept 1944.

A panorama of the 23rd Field Hospital area near San Fernando, Cebu, Philippine Islands. 12 August 1945.

RABAUL, NEW BRITAIN BOMBING

Aircraft, Burma, India & Bombing,

Aircraft, Burma, India & INDIA,BOMBS War

Airfield In England. 487Th Bombardment Group, Station 137, Lavenham, England.

Enlisted Men Load Bombs Onto A Truck At A Camouflaged Bomb Dump, France.

Heavy Equipment, Operated By Members Of The 834Th Engineer Aviation Battalion Smooths The Surface For A Better Runway At Niedermendig, Germany.

Tent Area Of The 509Th Composite Group On Tinin Island, Marianas Islands.

EUROPE-Torn, battered remnants of a German supply and troop train are shown after an attack by Republic P-47 Thunderbolts of the 8th Air force. One almost direct hit was scored by the dive-bombing fighters, twisting the rails and shattering

M-4 Medium Tank Of The 15Th Tank Battalion, 6Th Armored Div., Guards Airfield Taken By Division Near Lancensalza, Germany. Planes Are Ju-88'S. 1,500 Prisoners Were Taken At The Field.

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Like Gaunt And Blackened Eyes, The Ruins Of Corregidor Looked Up At Our Paratroopers After The Fifth Air Force Had Battered It.

Douglas C-47S Lined Up At Lingayen Air Strip Awaiting Cargo. These Are Planes Of The 64Th Air Service Group, 318Th Troop Carrier Command From Laoag Air Strip In The Philippine Islands. 20 May 1945.

Cocked At A Crazy Angle Against A Gondola, The Up-Ended Locomotive In Left Center Of The Picture Was Thrown Into Its Present Position By Bombs From 9Th Af Medium And Light Bombers Which Attacked The Triptis Marshalling Yard In The Final Stages Of War In E

British and American gliders lie side by side in French pastures where they landed airborne infantry on D-Day.

Buildings U.S. plane which were damaged during German night raid on an airport at Maison Blanche, Algeria. 21 November 1942.

Wreckage In The Landshut Marshalling Yards In Germany, Caused By The Bombing Of The 15Th Af Bombers.

General view of destruction caused to oil storage tanks at Ploesti by heavy bombers of the 15th Air Force. RUMANIA.

General view of the 866th Engineer Aviation Battalion camp area at an air base in San Jose, Mindoro, Philippine Islands. 12 February 1945.

Airbourne Reserves For The Battle Of Meiktila - Reserves For Seventeen Division Were Flown From Palel, India To Meiktila, Burma, Through The Efficient Efforts Of The 1St And 2Nd Air Commando Groups. Here, A Thousand Pound Bomb Explodes Just Behind A Japanese B

Dispensary, Surgery And Dental Clinic In The 7Th Air Force Headquarters Area On Okinawa, Ryukyu Retto. 15 August 1945.

This German-Controlled Railroad Bridge At Borgoforte, South Of Mantova, Italy, Remains Impassable After Attacks By Republic P-47 Thunderbolts Of The Us 12Th Af. The Germans Have Some Extra Rails Stacked On The Bridge Approach For Repairing The Gap Across

'Somewhere In France' -- Working On A 24-Hour Schedule, Trucks Of The 9Th Air Force Service Command Carry Supplies From The Beachhead To The First American-Built Landing Strip On The Continent. They Are Shown In Their Improvised Motor Pool Below A House,

AIRCRAFT GRAVEYARD, ENCOURAGING SIGHT FOR ALLIED AIRMEN: This photograph, snapped during a recent raid on the Japanese Air base at Babo, Dutch New Guinea, shows accumulated and ever-increasing wreckage of enemy aircraft. These planes

Heavies Of The 15Th Af Hit The Innsbruck-Rosenheim- Rattenberg Rail Lines In Germany On 20 April 1945 With These Results. The Line Is One Of The Few Still Left To The Germans In The South. In The Final Stages Of The Last Blow Against The Enemy Supply Li

Their Engines Roaring, Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" Of The 390Th Bomb Group, Roll Down The Perimeter Of An 8Th Air Force Base In England. 28 September 1944.

Low Altitude Reconnaissance Photograph Of Bernburg, Germany.

Boeing B-29 "Superfortresses" Of The 21St Bomber Command, Parked On The Line At An Airfield On Iwo Jima, Bonin Islands.

BUT AIRDROME/NEW GUINEA

Bomb damage to Dagua, New Guinea Airdrome after raid of 26 April 1944.

German Civilians Run For Shelter As A P-47 Thunderbolt Fighter-Bomber Of The Xix Tactical Air Command Swoops Low To Strafe A Rail Yard Near Lingerfild, Germany. Photo Shows .50 Calibre Bullets Striking A Half Track And A Building Used As Headquarters For

West end of airstrip on Kiska, Aleutian Islands. 23 September 1943.

Aerial View Of An Airfield In Gottingen, Germany. 12 May 1945.

A viasphalte roller puts the finishing touches on a runway at Lourmel Airport, Oran, Algeria. 24 March 1943.

Bomb Damage To Hangars And Drainage System At Capua Airfield, Italy. December 1943.

Two Members Of The 9Th Engineer Command Clear Mud From The Taxiway At An Airfield Somewhere In France. 15 December 1944.

Keisho Sugar Mill In Formosa Produced Commercial Alcohol Until 5Th Af Began Systematic Obliteration Of That Japanese Bastion's Facilities. Here, A Several Bombs Explode In The Plant. By July, 90 Percent Of Alcohol Production In Formosa Was Estimated To Be De

Indicating The Speed Of Rebuilding And Using Captured Airdromes, An American Aviation Battalion Repairs Bomb Damage To Airstrip Even Before The Debris Has Been Cleared Away. Villacoublay, France. 1 September 1944.

The Aircraft Factory At Bresso, Italy, After Attack By Planes Of The Maaf. This Shot Shows North End Of The Factory-Buildings Completely Destroyed.

Napalm Bombing Of Brunei Bay, Borneo.

Aircraft, Burma, India &Maintenance,ENGINES War

Transmitting Antennae at the 2nd Army Airways Communications Wing Radio Range at Cairo, Egypt.

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

Kuma class cruiser taking...

This Airfield In Southern France Was In Operation Two Days After The Initial Landings. On D-Day Maaf Planes Were Making Emergency Landings On It. This Was What Thunderbombers Of The Tactical Air Force Saw When They Went In To Harry The Retreating German

While waiting for the alert, pilots of the "Flying Tigers" relax at the field by playing loose games of baseball and football. Just something to kill time until they have to take the plane up-this field was strafed by a Japanese Zero plane which managed

Republic P-47 'Thunderbolt' Sitting Beside Wrecked Japaneseanese Betty'S And Hangars At An Airfield, Saipan, Marianas Islands. 23 June 1944.

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

Brazilian Pilots With A Republic P-47 Thunderbolt Group Of The 12Th Af Left This German Motor Park Near Villafranca, Italy, Burning.

Atomic Bomb Damage In Nagasaki, Japan.

Aircraft, Burma, India &Fields & Installations, War

How tactical air power helped to halt von Rundstedt's counter-offensive is exemplified by this photo of a German convoy wrecked by Ninth Air force fighter-bombers during recent fighting in the Houffalize area. A dozen vehicles, including a Sherman

Low Altitude Reconnaissance Photograph Of Bernburg, Germany.

Anefo photo collection. Reconstruction Drenthe. Emmer compasscum moorweide. November 19, 1947. Drenthe, Emmer compasscum

Aircraft, Burma, India &EQUIPMENT War

Wrecked seaplanes at Bizerte, Tunisia. 17 November 1943.

A General View Of Atomic Bomb Damage In Nagasaki, Japan. 15 October 1945.

A Jap "Nick" which has just been strafed by a North American P-51 burns furiously on Clark Field, Luzon, Philippine Islands.

Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" Lined Up At 8Th Air Force Station 167, England 12 January 1944. 381St Bomb Group.

Dead Japaneses And Wreckage Of Japanese Plane That Crashed On Yonton Field, Okinawa On 24 May 1945. There Were 12 Planes That Made An Attempt To Land On The Field And Demolish Aircraft With Hand Grenades, Magnetic Mines, Knee Mortars And Various Forms Of Explosive

View of airfield constructed by the 1876th Eng. Aviation Battalion somewhere in the Philippine Islands.

Fragmentation bombs dropped by parachute take their toll in destruction of grounded Japaneseanese aircraft and installations on the But airdrome. This raid was one of the heavy blows dealt the enemy recently in the But and Wewak areas.

Bomb Damage To City In France. 8 July 44. German Anti-Aircraft Sd.Kfz. 7/2 Halftrack With 37Mm Gun At Center.

Men Of 'D' Flight, 163Rd Liaison Squadron, Construct A Bridge Over A Stream That Separates The Squadron Area From Headquarters. The Logs Which They Are Using Were Cut By The Japaneses Before Allied Forces Occupied The Island. The 163Rd Liaison Squadron Is At

8Th Air Force Headquarters Area Located Near Kadena Strip #1, And Site Of Lt. General Doolittel's Office. It Was From Here That Boeing B-29 "Superfortresses"' Operated In The Bombing Of Japanesean. Okinawa, Ryukyu Retto, 9 August 1945.

Clark Field on Luzon was the primary target for Far East Air Force bombers during the all-important weeks before General MacArthur's landing in Lingayen Gulf, but the other Jap airfields had to be neutralized too. Low-level North American B-25's and

Waco Cg-4 Gliders Are Released From The Douglas C-47 Tow Planes During The Maneuvers Of The 52Nd Troop Carrier Wing Between Comiso, Sicily And Ponte Olivo Airfield, Sicily. 25 October 1943.

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Close-Up View Of The Knocked Out Center Span Of The Modena North Rail Bridge, By North American B-25 Mitchells Of The 310Th Bomb Group. The Bombing Was So Accurate, It Looks As If Someone Had Cut It With A Knife.

Aircraft, Burma, India &Fields & Installations, War

854Th Engineer Aviation Battalion Laid A 54 Inch Corrugated Pipe Across #2 Strip At Futema, To Carry The Water Of A Small Stream That Ran At The South End. The Stone Base For Holding The Pipe Outlet Was From A Native Building. 6 July 1945. Okinawa, Ryu

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 Braunkohn Benzin A.G. Oil Refinery Plant At Rothensee, Germany. 10 May 1945.

Bombing of Vunakanau...

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.

Parachute bombing of Japanese oil installations at Boela, Ceram Is., Netherlands East Indies, 14 July 44.

Members Of The 9Th Troop Carrier Command Line Up For Chow At An Air Base In Ascot, England. 29 May 1945.

Aircraft, Burma, India &Aircraft, LANDING,BOEING War

Aircraft, Burma, India & INDIA,ARMAMENT War

Many Japanese radars in the SWPA have been discovered by careful study of aerial photographs. It is noteworthy that during one week a photo interpreter discovered four of these installations, all in widely separated areas. The radar here shown, located

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

BOMBING

Hawaii - Kalihi Artillery, Aerial Photograph.

Margraten Cemetery where American soldiers are buried in Maastricht, Holland.

Aerial View Of A Bomb Damaged Airfield At Giebelstadt, Germany. 16 May 1945.

Aircraft, Burma, India &Troops &Paratroops

63' ARB , Ships, Naval Vessels, Boats, Naval History, Navy

Relief Map Of Airdrome At 2900 Combat Crew Replacement Center In England, Showing Runways And Approaches. 25 October 1943.

Photo collection Government information service. terpen, drowned land of Saeftinghe. undated. Saeftinghe

Aircraft, Burma, India &Fields & Installations, War

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

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

In Case That An Emergency Arises When Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" Of The 390Th Bomb Group, Return From A Mission, Crash Crews Have Been Alerted At This 8Th Air Force Base In England. 21 September 1943.

After They Have Been Assembled, North American B-25S Designed For The 1St Air Commando Force, Are Lined Up At A Field Near Karachi, India. Note The Fighters And Light Planes In The Foreground. (Photo Taken From Top Of Hangar).

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