Historical Aerial Bombing Missions

Aerial photographs documenting historical bombing missions during wartime, showcasing various military targets and their aftermath.

Pictured in the vast patchwork of fields in northern France gliders of the 9th AF Troop Carrier Command are shown after they had transported members of the airborne infantry to begin the initial assault for the liberation of Europe.

Bombs Burst On Installations At The Ciampino South Airdrome In Italy On 17 September 1943 After Planes Of The 301St Bomb Group, 32Nd Bomb Squadron Have Dropped Their Deadly Loads.

On September 15, 1944, Consolidated B-24 Liberators of the 15th Air Force struck at Athens/Eleusis in Greece. The airdrome, used by the Germans as a base for their bombers, sustained considerable damage from the bombing and strafing. Bombs can be

The Ha Trung Rail Bridge In French Indo China After Attack By 14Th Af North American B-25 Mitchells.

VUNAKANAU AIRFIELD/RABAUL, NEW BRITAIN AERIAL

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Bombing Of The Marshalling Yards At Hamm, Germany By The Bombers Of 489Th Bomb Group On 10 Feb. 1944. These Marshalling Yards Are The Largest In Germany. Note Trails Left By Smoke Markers Dropped By The Lead Bombardier.

During the bombing of Arezzo Viaduct, West of Arrezo, Italy on the main inland route, Florence to Rome. This is one of the most bombed and most rebuilt rail line targets in Italy (21 March 44).

Pictured in the vast patchwork of fields in northern France gliders of the 9th AF Troop Carrier Command are shown after they had transported members of the airborne infantry to begin the initial assault for the liberation of Europe.

Liberators bombed runways and installations of LeGaspi airdrome, situated near the town of LeGaspi on Bicol Peninsular in Southern Luzon, P.I. LeGaspi airdrome was formerly a U.S. Army strip known as Sanborn Field as as far as known this was the

Destruction brought to Buna airdrome No. 1 by Allied bombers. Note the bomb patterns on the new runways. Between the airdrome and water were the dispersal areas for aircraft and supplies along a creek. Note the cutback pens for concealing planes.

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More than 1,000 heavy bombers of the U.S. 8th Air Force attacked rail targets in Western Germany on March 9, 1945, one of which was the marshalling yards at Frankfurt. Top: The target as it looked to approaching Boeing B-17 Flying Fortresses before

BREMEN AFIRE. Rising Columns of black smoke intermingled with clouds as this remarkable photo was taken shortly after the 8th AAF Forts and Libs loosed 1200 tons of bombs on the important industrial, port and railway city of Bremen. In this, the

German Island Garrison that...

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

As bombs burst across Japanese ships anchored off Vulcan Volcano, other enemy vessels churn the waters of Rabaul Harbor into a futuristic design in their efforts to escape. Liberators and North American B-25's delivered a devastating blow to enemy

Bombs from a formation of Martin B-26 Marauders score hits on the marshalling yards at Perugia, Italy. Bomb burst is visible at the choke point of the yards, while other missiles are directed at the railroad bridge.

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.

This Picture Was Taken Immediately After The Precision Bombing By The North American B-25 Mitchells And Shows The Center Of The Huge Structure Destroyed In Two Places, Thus Depriving The Germans Of Another Vital Communications Link. Galliate, Italy.

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Allied landing craft along...

Zero graveyard: From a tree-skimming Fifth Air Force bomber pilots counted 21 Japaneseanese planes in the junk-pile at Vunakanau airdrome; some of the results of recent air attacks on Rabaul. P.S.: More are burning in the background.

Smoke rises from Eleusis Airdrome, Athens, Greece, as bombs dropped by planes of the 376th Bomb Group, burst on this vital enemy installation, September 1944.

Raid on Tripoli, Tripolitania, Libya.

Rescue Operations Of 1352Nd Aafbu In China (98Degrees25'E, 25Degrees50'N) Consolidated C-87, Aircraft No. 0610 Nz-2010. 9 June 1945.

This view of a section about a mile from Sanananda point discloses Japanese ack ack positions in the jungle. This is a swampy, almost impassable morass, except for the trail to Wiropi which winds through the center. The ack ack positions are in the

At But Airdrome, Wewak, New Guinea, the 3 Feb 44 mission provided a close view of six 20 mm A/A guns (arrows), heavily revetted in a garden near two observation posts. Over hills Dagua burns.

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.

Liberators Hit A Triple -- In A Three-Pronged Attacked On Friedrichshafen, Us 8Th Air force Consolidated B-24 Liberators Blasted The Zahnradfabrik Works During Saturday'S 18 March 1944 Operatons. The Zahnradfabrik A.G. Works, One Of The Largest Gearcutting Fact

The Vital Ball Bearing Works At Villar-Perosa, Northern Italy, Was Smashed By Aaf B-17 "Flying Fortresses" Of The 15Th Aaf On 3 Jan. They Dropped Over 150 Tons Of Bombs On The Target With Excellent Results. Photo Interpretation Completed Several Explos

Track Of The Wuchang-Liuchow Railroad Between Yochow And Changsha In China, Is Twisted Into Wreckage By One Of Nine Direct Hits Scored On The Railroad Track Recently By A Mission Of North American B-25's Of Major General C.L. Chennault's 14Th A.F. In Chin

Europe - During One Heavy Attack Against The Wobbly Enemy, One Consolidated B-24 Of The 15Th Af Accidentally Dropped Its Bombs On The Tail Of Its Sister Ship Below It. This Photo Shows Bombs Just As They Were Released.

Bremen, Germany--Worthy of Dante's Inferno, Coils of smoke from parachute markers (1) zigzag to earth while other smoke markers (2) plunge down. They mix with the Bremen smoke screen of 12/20/43 and bomb bursts (3).

An Aerial View Of The Mountain Top In The Naga Hills In Burma Showing The Yr-4 Helicopter About To Land. The Wounded Enlisted Man, Who Was Shortly To Be Rescued, Was Assigned To A 10Th Af Weather Station At The Other End Of This Rough Strip.

Here before and after strike attack photos of Martin B-26 Marauders of the 9th Air Force whose mission was to destroy a bridge West of Caen, back of German front lines may be seen as being very successful. Pinpoint precision bombing like this keeps

Craters and destroyed Japanese airplanes on Bacolod Airstrip, Negros Island, Philippine Islands, show effectiveness of our air attacks in the late months of 1944. 14 May 1945.

Attack on battleship Strasbourg, in Toulon Harbor, France. 36, B-25 Mitchells of the Tactical Air Force in one of the most successful single attacks in aerial history scored direct hits, to leave the battleship Strasbourg listing and three fires

Boeing B-29 "Superfortress" Of The 509Th Composite Group Takes Off From Tinian Island, Marianas Islands, For First Atomic Bombing Mission Of Hiroshima, 6 August 1945.

Bombing of Ammunition ship in Mediterranean Sea.

The first large scale high-altitude glide bombing attack places 2,000 lb H.E. bombs in Cologne, Germany.

Changsha, south of Tungting lake in Human province, East China, is one of the main supply bases for the Japaneseanese thrust southward which gobbled Hengyang, Lingling and Kweilin, bases for the 14th AF. The city sprawling along the Siang River

Still smoking from a napalm attack, is the crater-covered island of Cezembre, lying two miles off Dinard, France.

Bombing of Laon/Couvron Airfield, France

October 8, 1943: Bremen--fires as incendiary bombs hit.

Project 19 - Operation Sandstone (Enewatak) Test Activities. Aerial of Aircraft on Runway on Enewetak Island. Photographs of Atmospheric Nuclear Testing at Pacific Island and Nevada Test Sites.

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.

Kiska Island, Aleutians, Aug. 10, 1943.

Aerial View Of Crash Message Near Site Of Crash Somewhere In China.

British built "Horsa" gliders of the Ninth AF troop Carrier Command are shown just where they landed in Normandy to bring the first airborne infantry on D-Day in support of troops attacking by the sea. Two of the gliders which appear to have broken

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An air view of the type of defenses American ground troops must overcome in penetrating the German frontier. This photograph, taken by a 9th AF Reconnaissance pilot, shows installations protecting a village near Aachen. The strips cutting through the

Strike Photo - Kure, Japan - May 5, 1945.

Flare Bomb Reflecting On Smoke Plumes, Made This Ghostly Photo Taken During Nagoya, Japanese Night Attack, 25 March 1945.

Rescue Operations Of 1352Nd Aafbu In China (98Degrees25'E, 25Degrees50'N) Consolidated C-87, Aircraft No. 0610 Nz-2010. 9 June 1945.

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.

Damage To A Railroad Bridge At Seefeld, Austria, After A Raid By The 14Th Fighter Group, 17 April 1945.

Results Of Bombing Over Tokyo, Japan.

Description: Bombs bursting on forts and burning Wabbs Tale. 1,000 ft. OBS OFR O Gayford. Location: British Somaliland Date: 1919 africa

Aerial view of the north end of airstrip and taxiway at Finschhafen, N.E. New Guinea, on 13 December 1943.

14,000 FEET UP, BOMBERS HIT 10-ofOT TARGET--Bombs from Liberators of the 308th Bomb Group of the U.S. Army 14th Air force are dropped from a height of 14,000 feet on the "Old Yellow River Bridge", China's longest river structure (9620 feet)

Bombs Dropped By Boeing B-17 Flying Fortresses Of The 381St Bomb Group Explode On Target An Airfield At St. Jean D'Angely, France. 27 March 1944.

The enemy (Germany) tried a smoke screen at St. Nazaire, France to confuse our bombers but as the picture shows it was without success.

This Striking Aerial Photo Was Snapped By An Alert Combat Crew Cameraman Sgt. Max Shapoff Of New York City As One Of The 15Th Aaf Consolidated B-24 Liberators Crashed Somewhere In German-Held Territory. The Ship Was Hit By Flak. Note The Three Parachute

One of the functions of Tactical Air Power, the denial of supplies to enemy troops is clearly demonstrated in this panel of pictures showing a German supply train ablaze after an attack by a Ninth Air Force fighter bomber. The train, carrying

Bombing Of Road Bridge Near Guastalla, Italy, On 7 March 1944.

Paratroops Of The 503Rd Infantry Combat Team Drop On The Parade Ground And Golf Course Of Corregidor, Philippine Islands. Smoke To The Right Is From Naval Shelling Of The San Jose Area, Where Amphibious Landing Was Made. 1944.

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.

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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.

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.

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

Bombing of enemy installations at Sofia, Bulgaria by Consolidated B-24 "Liberators" of the 15th Air Force.

Three Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortresses" of the 381st Bomb Group, en route to bomb molybdenum plant at Knaben, Norway on 16 November 1943, fly over hilly terrain.

Formation Of North American B-25 Mitchells Soar Over The Brenner Pass In Italy On 3 Jan. 1945 To Attack A Key Rail Bridge On This Important German Supply Line In Northern Italy.

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

The Siegfried Line southeast of Zweibrucken under attack by First TAC AF Martin B-26 Marauders in air co-operation with the 7th Army's offensive in the Saar basin. These pictures show the enemy's imposing main defense belt as the first bombs explode

The finis of a German ME-110 fighter plane is told in these pictures taken by the gun camera of the attacking U.S. 8th AAF fighter during a recent engagement over occupied France. (Top) Framed in the sights of the American fighter, the ME-110 begins

Royal Air Force- Italy, the Balkans and South-east Europe, 1942-1945. Vertical photographic-reconnaissance aerial of a road junction at Castelnuovo, east of Naples, Italy, after its obliteration by Vickers Wellingtons of No. 205 Group on 12 September 1943. This important section of the highway system was one of the main points through which the German Army was directing troops and materiel for counter-attacks against Allied forces at Salerno.

Avoiding the great craters left by bombs of the 8th AAF, landing craft nose into the shore somewhere along the beach-head on the coast of Nazi held France.Army vehicles dotting the shore shown in this Eighth Air force Reconnaissance photo.

Smoke and fire on the enemy airdrome of Wewak in the wake of one of the many repeated aerial attacks by North American B-25 bombers from the Fifth Air Force. Small white dots show other parachute bomb movements falling along the runways.

Paratroops Of The 503Rd Infantry Combat Team Drop On The Parade Ground And Golf Course Of Corregidor, Philippine Islands. Smoke To The Right Is From Naval Shelling Of The San Jose Area, Where Amphibious Landing Was Made. 1944.

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.

Flying Fortresses Blast Cagliari Harbor-Nipping a possible attempt to evacuate Rommel's forces from North Africa, American B-17 (Flying Fortress) Bombers destroyed 32 Axis ships and 95 planes at Cagliari Harbor in southern Sardinia April 2. The

Photograph shows the Kongo class battleship, boxed in by thousand-pounders, taking violent evasive action. The large Japanese battleship was attacked by a "Bomber Baron" Liberator formation of the 13th AAF, in the Sulu Sea October 26, 1944.

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WAR IN NEW GUINEA: An aerial view of New Guinea's north coast where Australian troops and American bombers made General MacArthur's command are attacking Japaneseanese jungle positions. A.I.F. patrols have now reached Kamlagidu Point

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.

An aerial photographic of the trail deep in the kunai grass along which the Australian troops advanced on the north coast of New Guinea. The village of Wandakai, captured by Australians, is in the right background. The kunai track leads to the

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

The Wreckage Of Boram Airfield After A Series Of Attacks By Mitchell Bombers Of The U.S. 5Th Air Force, Wrecked Planes Can Be Seen Scattered Over The Entire Dispersal Area. Three Wrecked Planes Are On The Runway And Fire And Explosions Are Destroying Mor

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Squantum Ma , Roads. Photographs of the First Naval District

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

Original caption: "Wash-out in Palm Canyon. Jan. 22, 1943.". 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

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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.

Enroute to the allied beachhead area below Rome, a jam-packed Nazi motor column was photographed by a reconnaissance plane.

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After One Formation Had Already Struck At The Target, Bombs From More Boeing B-29 Superfortresses Hit The Kuala Lumpur, Malaya, Marshalling Yards.

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