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Historical Aerial Bombing Missions

Black and white historical images showing aerial bombing missions during World War II, highlighting military aircraft and detailed battle scenes.

Location: Between Florence and Arezzo at MR point R-076353. Attacks: 11 April 44. Martin B-26 Marauders; 64x1000 lb bombs.
Location: Between Florence and Arezzo at MR point R-076353. Attacks: 11 April 44. Martin B-26 Marauders; 64x1000 lb bombs.
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CLG 8 Topeka , Ships, Naval Vessels, Boats, Naval History, Navy
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Smoke-stack of the Rebel Ram "Virginia". Civil War Photograph Collection , Original negative is: LC-B811-3277. Smokestacks, Virginia, Richmond, 1860-1870, War damage, Virginia, Richmond, 1860-1870, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Naval operations, Virginia, Richmond, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Destruction & pillage, Virginia, Richmond.
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AOR-2 Milwaukee , Ships, Naval Vessels, Boats, Naval History, Navy
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AO-106 Navasota , Ships, Naval Vessels, Boats, Naval History, Navy
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These Holes In The Fuselage And Gunners' Compartment Of The North American B-25 Of The 340Th Bomb Group Were Caused By Falling Rocks During The Eruption Of Mt. Vesuvius On 23 March 1944. Italy.
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Another view of Gasmata airdrome, showing our planes coming in for a bombing attack. (U.S. ARMY AIR CORPS PHOTO).
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Composite Photo Of Nicknames On Consolidated B-24S. "Hell'S Angel", Painting Of A Bulldog, And Painting Of A Kangaroo. China-Burma-India.
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Martin B-26 "Marauder" 20 mm shell damage to rudder by FW 190
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WARSHIP POUNDED: With the flames of Lakunai airdrome providing a holacust-like background, a Japaneseanese destroyer (DD) is attacked and damaged by a 1,000-pound demolition bomb. A large enemy minelayer (27) is strafed and bombed as the Mitchell
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Direct Hits From Us 8Th Air force Heavies Blast Virtually Every Bilding Of The Waggun Me 110 Assembly Plant Near Brunswick. Smoke And Fires Are Shown Blanketing The Target. Smashing Thru Nazi Fighters, Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortresses", Consolidated B-24 Libera
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Pedro Miguel/Locks - Smoke Screen Tests, Aerial Photograph.
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Petersburg, Virginia. Confederate fortifications on the outer line captured by the 18th Corps, June 15, 1864 | Library of Congress
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Aaf Men Reported Captives Of Lolo Tribesmen. Five Army Air Force B-29 Superfortress Crew Members Are Reported Held Captive By Aboriginal Lolo Tribesmen In The Rugged Mountain Of Western Szechwan Province In China. An Aaf C-47 Skymaster Flew From Shangha
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Tokuyama Fuel Station, Honshu -- Bombs From B-29's Of Major General Curtis Lemay's Xxi Bomber Command Explode On The Important Naval Fueling Station At Tokuyama On The Inland Sea Of The Japanese Home Island Of Honshu. More Than 400 Planes Participated An
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Sergeant Joseph D. Healey At Motor Sled Camp On Ice Cap. Re-Lashing Dog Sled..
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DD-802 Gregory , Ships, Naval Vessels, Boats, Naval History, Navy
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Strewn along the beach are the remains of sixteen Japanese barges knocked out by bombs and strafing, and another is up the creek. In the foreground on the point ack ack positions can be seen. Sananananda, Papua, New Guinea.
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A Hawk anti-aircraft missile being fired during marine target practice at Chu Lai. The missile is launched to destroy a radar-responding target towed at high speed over the South China Sea, far away from the launcher's visual range. Photographed by Sgt Russ Cowen on October 24, 1967.
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Blazing the trail to Linz, Austria, on 8 Jan 45 where they smashed at railyards, Boeing B-17 Flying ofrtresses of the 15th Air force leave a sky of vapor trails behind them. It was the B-17 Flying ofrtresses of the 15th Air force that pioneered
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The Lead Plane Of The 457Th Bombardment Group Of The 8Th Af After The Completion Of 200 Missions. England. 3 March 1945.
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Bombs, Dropped By Consolidated B-24'S Of The 494Th Bomb Group, Burst On The Target Area On Corregidor Island In The Philippines, In February 1945. The Target Was Gun Positions On The Western End Of The Island.
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A Photographer Aboard A Homeward-Bound Usaaf North American B-25 Mitchell Of The Northwest African Air Forces Records This Scene Of Destruction And Beauty. Smoke From Exploding Bombs Rises From The Railroad Yards At Benevento In Italy In The Center Of Th
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The Second Boer War, 1899-1902 Grave of W. Collins of unknown regiment, died 19 August 1900. Waterval Cemetery.
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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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This Aerial Photo Was Taken From A Mediterranean Allied Air Forces Plane That Flew Missions On D-Day, And Clearly Shows The Invasion Craft As They Come In On The Coast Of Southern France, Somewhere Between Nice And Marseilles.
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This view was taken in the trenches of the rebel Fort Mahone, called by the soldiers "Fort Damnation," the morning after the storming of Petersburgh (i.e. Petersburg), Virginia, April 2d, 1865 .... Civil War Photograph Collection . War casualties, Virginia, Petersburg, 1860-1870, Trench warfare, Virginia, Petersburg, 1860-1870, Bombproof construction, Virginia, Petersburg, 1860-1870, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Casualties, Confederate, Virginia, Petersburg, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Military facilities, Virginia, Petersburg, Petersburg (Va.), History, Siege, 1864-1865.
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CELESTIAL PATTERNS--On their way to strike the heart of Hitler's domain, Berlin, Boeing B-17 Flying ofrtresses of the U.S. 8th Air force leave fleecy vapor trails as they roar overhead. 452nd Bomb Group.
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Over frozen wastes and into Rjuken, Norway, the Flying Fortresses of the 8th AAF carry on their "round the calendar" bombing of occupied Europe, despite the changing seasons. 2nd Lt. WILLIAM H. REED, bombardier, captured this scene while looking
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This photo flown out from the New Guinea area, shows parachute bombs dropping on Dagua drome among Japanese twin-engined ships. Note dispersal of ships on the field.
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The pride and joy of every outfit is their mascot like this pooch "Dumbo" perched on the hood of an Air Force jeep somewhere in the Western Desert, Egypt. "Dumbo" has nineteen missions and one crash landing to his credit, and for his meritorious
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Action at Oschersleben, Germany, July 28th, 1943.
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Photograph of a Japanese Bomber Going into a Dive Upon Landing Craft Off Mindoro Island. Coast Guard Guns Bag Jap Bomber Off Mindoro. Through a sky crackling with ack ack fire, a Jap bomber (upper left) goes into its dive upon LST's moving in to land their men and armaments on Mindoro Island in the Philippines. The plane was shot out the sky by Coast Guard gunners on one of the LST's. Two of the tank landing ships were bombed and set afire by the enemy attackers.
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Seabright -- Wrecked bulkhead
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Japan: Aerial photograph of the Imperial Japanese Navy aircraft carrier Soryu circling as an evasive maneuver while under attack from United States Army Air Force Boeing B-17E Flying Fortress bombers, Battle of Midway, 4 June 1942
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This Montage Honors Ground Crews Who Kept The Boeing B-17 Flying Fortresses Of The 401St Bomb Group Flying. England, 13 March 1944.
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During the election campaign of the right-wing National Democratic Party of Germany (NPD), here in Essen in 1969, youth, students and pupils demonstrated against the NPD with ironic Hitler salutes. Against this, the police used massive use of water cannons, Germany, Europe
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North Africa-Lt. Graham inspects a cache of German 100 kilgm. Bombs at an ammunition dump in North Africa.
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Fort Fisher, North Carolina. Interior view. Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 . United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865.
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Operations Room Of The 65Th Fighter Wing, Saffron-Walden, Essex, England.
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Sweden, Blekinge, Blekinge, Karlskrona, Karlskrona, external marina (depicted, town).Sweden, Blekinge, Blekinge, Karlskrona, Karlskrona, External War Gogs (depicted, City)
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Drawing showing the destruction of the Mohne Dam in Westphalia, Germany, by the squadron of Royal Air Force 'Lancaster' bombers who came to be known as 'The Dambusters', 16th May 1943. This illustration shows the mighty explosion which signalled the end of the dam. On the left of the picture the 'Lancaster' flown by Squadron Leader Guy Gibson, leader of the 'Dambusters', is shown flying over the German anti-aircraft positions to distract their attention from the other aircraft of his squadro
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This Flak Helmet Worn By A 401St Bomb Group Crew Member On A Bombing Mission Over 'Fortress Europe' Bears The Scars Of Battle, 16 January 1945. England.
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CVA 41 Midway , Ships, Naval Vessels, Boats, Naval History, Navy
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Headlines of 1954 (Second of Eleven) - Nature's Destruction far Overshadowed that of the H-Bomb with Numerous girl-named Hurricanes and Typhoons stirring up Unladylike Trouble in both the Atlantic and Pacific. Carol, Edna and Hazel Roared up at sea and ripping up the coast, and a Typhoon called Marie smashed into Japan, sinking a Ferryboat and drowning over 500 persons aboard. here, a merchant ship finds it rough going as Hurricane carol whips up the sea. November 19, 1954. (Photo by US Navy Photo).
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The crushing rout of the Japanese Navy in the Battle of the Philippines during the Second World War. A map of the operations. An Allied victory in which 58 out of 60 enemy warships were sunk or damaged by the 3rd and 7th US fleets, compared with an Allied loss of six. Date: 23-24 October 1944
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Katalla Valley. Alaska Task Force Photographs