Historical Aerial Strike Images

Aerial photographs depicting damage from military strikes in WWII, showcasing bombed factories, transportation systems, and urban areas in Japan, Germany, and Italy.

Bombs Burst In A Compact Cluster On The Ammunition Dump At Ingolstadt, Germany During A Mission By Planes Of The 320Th Bomb Group, 443Rd Bomb Squadron, April 20 1945.

Strike Attack - Konoya, Japan, April 28, 1945.

Smashed factories, trains and rail cars are evidence of the terrific attacks by U.S. Army 9th AF fighter-bombers on Euskirchen, Germany. This excellent photo was taken by 1st Lt. Miguel R. Rodiguez, 1410 Mirasoldr, San Marino, Calif., a North

During - Strike Photo Of The Aichi Aircraft Works, Asuta Plant, Nagoya, Japan. 14 January 1945.

Here's a picture of the damage done to the Viterbo airfield, about 50 miles Northeast of Rome, by the Flying Fortresses of the Northwest African Air Force in a raid on July 29, 1943.

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Budapest-Vesces Airfield, and aircraft plant, Hungary damaged 13 April 44 when Consolidated B-24s destroyed 69 Aircraft on the ground and damaged (1) assembly shop, (2) hangars, (3) offices (4) workshops, (5) boiler, (6) railroad (7) administrative.

Bombing Of Schwechat, Austria, 24 May 44

Atomic Bomb Damage In Nagasaki, Japan.

The extensive Smoke Screen increases.

Bombs Burst In A Compact Cluster On The Ammunition Dump At Ingolstadt, Germany During A Mission By Planes Of The 320Th Bomb Group, 443Rd Bomb Squadron, April 20 1945.

Bombs From Martin B-26 Marauders Of The 12Th Air Force Fall On Railroad Yards At Florence, Italy, On 24 October 1944. Note Hospital Near River.

China - A Devastating Strike At The Japanese-Held Kaifeng Railroad Yards In Northeast China By Consolidated B-24's Of The 308Th Bombardment Group Of Major General Chennault's 14Th Af In The Flying Tigers' Assault On Points Vital To The Japaneses Drive South Of The

Bombs Burst On The Klagenfurt Marshalling Yards And Adjoining Installations In Austria During A Bombing Mission By Planes Of The 469Th Bombardment Group, 761St Bombardment Squadron On April 19, 1945.

The Railway Yards at Perugia, on a Rome-Florence line, before the attack by B25 Mitchells on 14 February.

15 of the Nazi fighter planes which tried to intercept them, and also accounted for 7 probables and 16 damaged, exclusive of planes destroyed on the ground. This picture is of the Nazi aircraft works and airfield at Villacoublay. The buildings in

Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" Approaching Target Area At Fallersleben, Germany On 11 Jan 1944. Position Of The Cross Marks Are Approx. In The Center Of The Target Area. Note The Smoke Screen.

15th Air force mission to Bad Voslau, Austria on 23 April 44. Pattern from Plane A is now complete. Bombs from B (2nd squadron) are about to show up.

Bombs Burst On The Target At Peine, Germany, On 22 Feb. 1945.

This synthetic oil plant at Bettrop, west of Gelsenkirchen, Germany, produced approximately 100,000 tons of oil per month for the German war machine before it was wrecked from the air. U.S. Army 8th Air Force heavies attacked it through cloud thrice

Heavy black clouds of smoke roll upward from bomb strikes on marshalling yards at Prenestina, Italy, during raid by Martin B-26 Marauders of the 12th Air Force. 14 March 1944.

After -- Damage Assessment Of The Kawaskai Aircraft Company, Akashi, Japan. 20 January 1945.

Bombing Damage To The Junkers Factory At Halberstadt, Germany. 1St Bomb Division, 21 Sept. 1944.

One of the attacking North American P-51 Mustang fighter planes of the U.S. 8th Air Force, caught in the camera as it banked away from strafing jet-propelled planes at Leipheim airdrome 11/18/44. Three jet-planes burn fiercely while several others

This Is An Aerial View Of The Coastline And Defenses In And Around Cherbourge, France, Showing Damage Done To The Supposedly Impregnable Line By Shelling And Bombardment. 8 July 1944.

Messerschmitt experimental center and ME 410 bomber assembly plant at Augsburg was one of the targets for Boeing B-17 Fortresses of the 8th AF during their daylight mission of 13 April 44. This photo was taken just before the attack started.

Bombs Dropped From Boeing B-17 Flying Fortresses Of The 381St Bomb Group, Explode On Target - An Airfield At Reims - Chamagne France 28 March 1944.

Before bombing of Orly A/F former French Dirigible Center, converted to a GAF Base and Storage Depot.

Photo taken of Tienho Airdrome about 1 hr. after bombing.

8th USAAF heavies severed several through track lines at the Tergnier rail junction, about 100 miles northeast of Paris during their 17 July 44 attack. Craters throughout the town and surrounding areas are the result of area bombing by RAF.

On March 16 1945 Bombs Dropped By Planes Of 320 Bombardment Group, 444Th Bombardment Sq., Cut Thru The Nazi Defense Belt, The Siegfried Line, South Of Zweibrucken, Germany.

Showing signs of a previous attack, this is how the rail bridge near Sinzig, Germany looked to crew members of U.S. 8th Air Force Consolidated B-24 Liberators 26 Dec 44 as they began their daylight assault. This bridge is one of the links between

Bizerte, Tunisia-Damage at Bizerte docks after a raid by Allied bombers operating from Malta, 29 December 1942. (1) Filled in craters across dock yard railway tracks. (2) Bomb craters on quayside near Italian liner. (3) Merchant ships unloaded

Compact Bomb Pattern Strikes On One End Of The Rail Yards At Crailsheim, Germany Under Attack By 8Th Air force Plane On 23 Feb. 1945.

Kiska Island, Aleutians, August 10, 1942.

Martin B-26 Damaged, USAAF...

Smoke Rises From Direct Bomb Strikes On The East Railroad Yards At St. Veit, Austria After Planes Of The 352Nd Bomb Squadron, 301St Bomb Group Dropped Their Lethal Loads On 19 March 1945.

This Mediterranean Allied Air Force photo shows six Boeing B-17 Flying Fortresses of the U.S. Army 15th AF over the railroad marshalling yards at Ploesti, Rumania. Crew members reported large fires and several explosions.

Direct hits on three large hangars, control tower, two workshops and storage sheds at the German airdrome at Lippstadt, east of Dortmund are registered on this photo taken after the attack by Flying Fortresses of the U.S. 8th AAF on April 19, 1944.

Bombing of Empoli, Italy.

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Bombing of synthetic oil plant at Merseburg, Germany, July 1944.

Bombs, Dropped By Planes Of The 386Th Bomb Group, Explode On Enemy Installations At The Triptis, Germany Marshalling Yards During A Raid On 18 April 1945. Note Crater Holes Made By Bombs On Former Raids.

Direct hits by bombers of the U.S. Army 5th AF cause a gigantic cloud of smoke to whirl upward from the Japanese airfield at Cape Gloucester, New Britain Island. Note the bomb craters that scar the entire revetment & dispersal area around the enemy air

The last element of a 1st Tactical Air Force North American B-25 Mitchell formation viewed the devastating results heaped upon a railroad and highway bridge near Pietrasanta, 20 miles north of Pisa, on the Italian West Coast. Both structures received

A near-perfect pattern of bomb bursts cover the German-held railway bridge at Orvirto, Italy 45 miles northwest of Rome. B-26 Martin Marauder medium bombers of the Northwest African Air Forces demolished this bridge in their continuing effort to

The calling card left by the formation of Consolidated B-24s after they passed over the Japanese installations at Wewak, New Guinea. The continuous bombing of this, a prominent stronghold in the New Guinea area, has cost the Japaneseanese much valuable

Bombs Burst In A Compact Cluster On Thedaw Landing Ground, Burma On 12 December 1944 During A Mission By Planes Of The 12Th Bomb Group, 82Nd Bomb Squadron.

East Mukden, Manchuria-(Photo taken on 14 June 44.) This area is near North Mukden airfield. Key: (1) AA battery, (2) Manchuria Airplane Mfg. Co.--A/C assembly, (3) Mukden arsenal, (3a and 3c) explosive storage and probable shell loading

Nagoya, Japan After Raids Of 13-16 May 1945.

Bombing of the Rhenania-Ossag works at Harburg, Germany.

Strikes On Targets In The Heart Of Illegible District, Berlin: During Wednesday'S, 8 March 1944, Heavy Attack On Hitler'S Rest Illegible.

Cap St. Jacques near Saigon in French Indo-China, was hit by 14th AF Liberators, four days before this pictures was taken on 3 March 44. Big tanker is still burning from the attack.

Smoke Rises From The Marshalling Ayrds At Leipzig, Germany During A Bombing Mission By Planes Of The 306Th Bombardment Group, 8Th Air force On 7 July 1944.

Atomic Bomb Damage In Nagasaki, Japan.

Consolidated B-24 Liberators attacked the JU-88 base and repair depot at Reims, 80 miles east of Paris on 20 May 44. Concentrations of bombs may be seen bursting over the entire hangar and administrative area, there as the American heavies pressed

Administrations buildings, hangars, and revetments are covered by bomb bursts on Nov. 18 at Athens/Eleusis airdrome during raid by Boeing B-17 Flying Fortresses.

ITALY-"Frag" bombs go down toward the landing ground at Lavariano as the Boeing B-17 Flying Fortresses of the Strategic Air Force go hunting for the Luftwaffe again.

Bridge at Conflans, France, after 30 May 1944 bombing.

Bombing of Naples, Italy by the 321st B.G. 17 July 1943.

Hardly a bomb has been wasted by 8th Air Force Boeing B-17 Flying Fortresses as they unloaded their explosives 14 Jan 45 on the German underground oil storage depot at Derben, Germany. This was one of several attacks on the enemy's dwindling oil

Bombing Of Troop Concentrations Near Fondi, Italy By Martin B-26 Marauders Of The 12Th Air Force.

Bypassed Japanese strips in the Netherlands East Indies still require regular poundings by the 13th AAF, which maintains the blockade of that area. Picture shows the Malimpoeng airdrome in southwest Celebes under attack by Jungle Air Force Liberators.

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Another railroad yard hit by the bombers of the Strategic Air Force (U.S. 15th AAF Fortresses and RAF Wellingtons) was at Pontassieve, just outside Florence, on the main line to Rome. The Air Plan called for a knockout before the Allied landings on

Bombing Of Enemy Installations At Tours, France By Bombers Of The 91St Bomb Group On 5 January 1944.

"We did it in daylight and we did it with precision, aiming our explosives with the care & accuracy of a marksman firing a rifle at a bullseye. We moved in on a city of 50,000 people & destroyed the part of it that contrivuted to the enemy's ability

Airdome at Chateaudun, France attacked by a large force of U.S. heavies.

A B-17 of AAF drops a string of fragmentation bombs on the Eleusis airfield at Athens, Greece in a raid on December 8.

NEW BOTTLENECKS FOR JAP SHIPYARD----Enemy shipping is a high priority target in the Southwest Pacific, for Japanesean's stolen empire is held together mainly by sea traffic. Picture shows the Sandakan, Borneo Shipyards under attack by B-24's of

Bomb Damage In Tokyo, Japan.

GERMANY-Striking at Berlin yesterday 6 Oct 44, U.S. 8th Air Force heavies attacked the Tegel tank works and nearby gas works. Concentrations of bombs may be observed covering both targets in this photo.

Gia Lam Railway Yards and adjacent shops at Hanoi, French Indo-China, are shown in this 14th AF Reconnaissance photo of 26 Nov. 1944.

Severe damage to roundhouses, repair shops and adjacent buildings is most evident in this reconnaissance photo of the rail marshalling yards at Epinal, France, taken after the attack by 8th USAAF heavy bombers on 23 May 44. Direct hits partially

COLLABORATION AT HAMBURG. Complementing RAF night attacks on the city, the 8th AF made two daylight thrusts at Hamburg's dockside industry. The first day Boeing B-17 airplanes hit the Blohm & Voss yards, where 39 U-boats were being built

Budapest Railroad Yards, Hungay, gateway to Balkans were hit on 3 April 44 when Consolidated B-24s dropped tons of bombs. This picture, taken on 13 April 44 also shows damage done on 12 April 44 when RAF Wellingtons dumped 88 tons of bombs

First Victim Of The Airborne Invasion Over The Rees-Wesel Area Was This Smashed B-17, Shot Down During Photo Mission.

Koriyama Chemical Company - Before Raid North Of Tokyo - 11 April 1945.

Out Of The Night Of 13 March, 1945 B-29S Hit The Primary Target Area At Osaka, Japan And Burned Out An Enormous Chunk More Than Six Square Miles. On This Strike Photograph The Principal Areas Are Keyed Thus:

Eight Republic P-47'S Attacked The Railyards At Modena, Italy, And Left This Havoc. This Is A Good Example Of The Kind Of Work The First Brazilian Fighter Squadron Is Doing.

CHAUMONT DURING-At Chaumont in occupied France, Boeing B-17 Flying Fortresses of the U.S. 8th AAF left the rail marshalling yards there covered with columns of smoke from fiercely burning fires during their 23 May 1944 operation. Heavy

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The first bombs have just hit. Note how perfectly they are being concentrated within the comparatively small area of the target. 100th Bomb Group. 9 October 1943.

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

An Important Rail Center Used By The Germans To Supply Their Eastern Front In Rumania, Receives A Heavy Concentration Of Bombs From U.S. Bombers Which Then Flew On To New Bases In Russia For The First Time.

Boeing B-17 Flying Fortresses Of The 419Th Bomb Squadron, 301St Bomb Group, 15Th Air Force, Blast Railroad Bridge At Avisio, Italy, On 24 April 1944. (Altitude 22,000 Feet.)

This North American B-25 'Mitchell' Was Damaged During Aerial Combat Over Enemy Installations Somewhere In Europe.

Bombs Fall Toward The Ingolstadt Kosching Ammunition Dump, Germany, Which Is Already Covered With Bomb Bursts During A Mission By Planes Of The 17Th Bomb Group, 34Th Bomb Squardon On April 20 1945.

A magnificent aerial photo of the Japaneseanese airfield at Cape Gloucester on the western tip of New Britain showing a score of bomb bursts among enemy planes on the field. Bomb craters American B-25s.

Traffic From Germany, France, The Balkans, And The Great Industrial Areas Of Northern Italy Were Funnelled Through The Main Yards At Bologna. Thus Bologna'S Rail Center Was A Choice Target For 15Th Af Heavies. This Is How The Yards Fared Under Air Attac

Market area in Baguio, suffered one direct hit and two near misses. Note the small craters from light bombs-probably 100 pounders. Earth was of soft dirt. Luzon, Philippine Islands. 27 April 1945.

ITALY-Bombing of Ora Rail Bridge, 11 November 1944.

The Athens-Kalamaki Airdrome, Greece is plastered with bomb bursts during a mission by the 97th Bomb Group, 414th bomb Squadron on 6 December 1943.

Since the beginning of the Japanese drive from Canton through the West River Valley, Samshui, China, just above the confluence of the West and Pei Rivers has been bombed repeatedly by 14th Air force bombers and fighters. This is one of the important

Exposure #137 - Destruction In Hiroshima, Japan After Dropping Of The First Atomic Bomb, Aug. 6 1945. Note The Position Of Vehicle In Center Of Photo, In Comparison With Photos Exp. #136 & 138. Taken 11 August 1945.

Bomb damage to workshops, Marine railways and warehouses in Cavite located on the Eastern tip of Luzon, Philippine Islands.

Republic P-47 Thunderbolts Bomb German Installations On The Southern Coast Of France.

Ploesti Mission-Page 1. Thirty-one Consolidated B-24, "Liberator" Airplanes, flying low in formation on their way to attack the Oil Refineries at Ploesti. This photo was taken by an Aircraft of 389th Bombardment Group, U.S.A.A.F.

Bombs dropped by Martin B-26 Marauders of the 12th Air Force explode on railroad bridge near Piacenza, Italy, on 16 July 1944.

The picture shows ruins of a ruined city after cool artillery.Due to all grenadeholes, the city is similar to a lunar landscape.The picture shows ruins of a ruined city after cool artillery.Due to all grenadeholes, the city is similar to a lunar landscape

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