Historical Military Aerial Views

Black and white aerial photographs showcasing military bases, damage assessments, and operational landscapes, capturing historical contexts of air force activities.

A B-25 And A P-47 Inspect The Damage Done To A Rail Link In The Brenner Pass By The Hard Hitting 12Th Air Force.

Soesterberg airbase, the American camp of the 32nd Tactical Fighter Squadron (TFS).

A B-25 And A P-47 Inspect The Damage Done To A Rail Link In The Brenner Pass By The Hard Hitting 12Th Air Force.

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

Aerial view of Squibnocket Pond , Lakes & ponds, Squibnocket Pond. Photographs of the First Naval District

Aerial view of the air base at Maison Blanche, Aligera. 90th Photographic Reconnaissance Wing.

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

Aerial View ,. Photographs of the First Naval District

Showing New Construction looking Southwest , Construction. Photographs of the First Naval District

Gate At Eastern End Of 8Th Air Force Station 167, Ridgewell, Essex County, England. The 381St Bomb Group Was Stationed Here.

American soldiers navigate through dense terrain during the Vietnam War. The photo, taken on July 25, 1962, captures the challenging landscape that surrounded military activities. The soldiers rely on their training and equipment to navigate through the difficult terrain in order to carry out their mission effectively.

Air-up Airbase Volkel

U.S. Naval Air Station, Squantum, MA , Air bases. Photographs of the First Naval District

Aerial airbase de peel.

Boeing B-29 Superfortresses In Dispersal Area In The Marianas Islands. 497Th Bomb Group; Probably Isley Field, Saipan.

Photographs depicting military activities in France, May - June 1940. Included photographs of Rommel, Guderian, Dreuz, Bottcher, Italian General Garaboldi, Lucie Rommel, shots of Rommel with Hitler. Photographs of equipment and troops arriving and in action, from the personal collection of Rommel.

Aerial View ,. Photographs of the First Naval District

NAVAL SUPPORT ACTIVITY SOUDA BAY, Greece (July 18, 2022) File photo circa 2016 captioned, U.S. Naval Detachment Souda Bay. Naval Support Activity Souda Bay is an operational ashore base that enables U.S., Allied, and Partner nation forces to be where they are needed when they are needed to preserve security and stability in the European, African, and Central Command areas of responsibility.

US Navy F9F Blue Angels in flight formation

Ames Field , Airports, Ames Field. Photographs of the First Naval District

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

Aerial View ,. Photographs of the First Naval District

Cutoff Trench Dug by District Shovel. Central Plains Region (Kansas City, MO). Photographic Print. Department of the Interior. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Standing Rock Agency. 9/17/1947-. Photographs

Donzere-Mondragon. Photographs of Marshall Plan Programs, Exhibits, and Personnel

May 1945 -- Part Of The American Convoy Out To Meet Up With The Russians Near Torgau, Germany, Stops For A Break And Is The Object Of Interest Of A Large Group Of Slave Laborers Who Have Hit The Road After Being Freed By The Russians. Picture Was Made Fr

Aerial View ,. Photographs of the First Naval District

Soesterberg airbase, the American camp of the 32nd Tactical Fighter Squadron (TFS).

Aviation in Britain Before the First World War Aerial view of Aldershot from a kite. Note the tents in the bottom left hand corner of the photograph they are part of the camp seen in RAE-O 506. According to Cody he was fascinated by kites from a young age, when he saw the Chinese cooks who worked on the cattle drives making and flying toy kites. Like many of Cody's tales of his early life, it is difficult to say whether this is true or not.. In friendly competition he and his sons used to build kites and fly them to great heights. They began building larger and larger versions until Cody decided to try and construct a man carrier. After many trials and the occasional accident Cody designed and built a system that could easily carry a man to a height of over 2500 feet and hold him suitably stable whilst he was in the air. His design was purchased by the war office and Cody was employed as kiting instructor. Whilst man-carrying kites had been built previously, Codys use of a series of p

Open Days Air Force in the airbase. Recite photo taken by an RF-104G. On the photo, four Alouette III helicopters and a Piper Cub can be seen.

Maryland - Antietam Battle Field, Aerial Photograph.

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

Aerial airbase de peel.

Aerial View ,. Photographs of the First Naval District

Aerial view of Gerstner Field in Lake Charles, Louisiana after the devastating hurricane on August 6th, 1918. The photograph captures the extensive damage caused by the storm. Taken from a height of 600 feet.

Atomic Bomb Damage In Nagasaki, Japan.

Virginia - West Point, Aerial Photograph.

Naval Ammunition Depot, Hingham, MA from west 3,000 ft. , Magazines Military buildings, Naval Ammunition Depot. Photographs of the First Naval District

Department Of Air -- Bird's eye view of the Seppinggan airstrip at Balikpapan R.A.A.F. airfield construction squadron members were putting the ***** touches. They worked night and day for nine days to repair it, ***** first R.A.A.F. combat aircraft, a Beaufighter, landed there on *****. July 24, 1945. (Photo by Australian Official Photograph).

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

Air Raid Shelter S. of Bldg #14 looking SW , Air bases. Photographs of the First Naval District

Texas City Fire Aerial.

Aerial View Of Halifax Bombers Parked In Dispersal Areas At An R.A.F. Base In England.

U.S. Naval Fuel Depot , Military depots, US Naval Fuel Depot. Photographs of the First Naval District

Norwood Airport , Airports. Photographs of the First Naval District

Gould Island , Islands. Photographs of the First Naval District

Motor Torpedo Boat Training Center , Naval yards & naval stations, Military education, Educational facilities, Naval Operating Base. Photographs of the First Naval District

Radio Direction Finder Station, Winter Harbor, ME-General view , Signal stations, Radio Direction Finder Station. Photographs of the First Naval District

Marseilles - Aerial view. France. April 29, 1942.

Construction Progress at Hingham Ammunition depot-annex , Magazines Military buildings, Naval Ammunition Depot. Photographs of the First Naval District

Photo collection Government information service. Aerial recording. The farm of the Poels family where more than 300 American and British pilots stayed for a few days on their return to England. The recording was made by an American aircraft in preparation for sharing a wreath as a thank you for the courage shown. The cross on the ground indicates the place where the original, and by the Germans has stood, crucifix and where a new one has been established. August 1945. America, Horst

Bay Point, South Carolina. Fort Beauregard. Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 . United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865.

Newcastle Series - Waratah. February 13, 1942.

Airfield with planes , Airplanes, Transportation facilities. Photographs of the First Naval District

Aerial shot De Peel airbase

Gould Island, Rhode Island. Administrative History of the First Naval District in World War II

Low Altitude Reconnaissance Photograph Of Kothen, Germany.

United States Miliary Cemetery Near Grand Failly, France.

Naval Training Station and Coddington Point , Capes Coasts, Military education, Educational facilities. Photographs of the First Naval District

Panorama from the areal balloon - position northwest Kostanjevica, August 1915..

08/01/1921. Melilla. In the Mount Arruit camp. Position where General Baron de Casa-Davalillo, with his Column, besieged by the Enemy, has defended himself Heroically. (Photo. Silva).

San Cristobal, Cuba, 1/23/62 - Low level photo of the San Cristobal Mid-Range Ballistic Missile Site #1 erected by the Soviet Union. These are some of the offensive weapons brought to the island by Russia. Department of Defense Photo

Photographs depicting military activities in France, May - June 1940. Included photographs of Rommel, Guderian, Dreuz, Bottcher, Italian General Garaboldi, Lucie Rommel, shots of Rommel with Hitler. Photographs of equipment and troops arriving and in action, from the personal collection of Rommel.

Royal Air Force, the Rhodesian Air Training Group in Southern Rhodesia, 1941-1945. Three Harvard Mark Is, N7095 N', N7061and N7125 L, of No. 20 Service Flying Training School based at Cranborne, practising formation flying over the Mazoe river valley.

U.S. Fuel Depot, Melville, RI , Military depots, USN Fuel Depot. Photographs of the First Naval District

Photographs depicting military activities in France, May - June 1940. Included photographs of Rommel, Guderian, Dreuz, Bottcher, Italian General Garaboldi, Lucie Rommel, shots of Rommel with Hitler. Photographs of equipment and troops arriving and in action, from the personal collection of Rommel.

Aerial shot De Peel airbase

Photographs depicting military activities in France, May - June 1940. Included photographs of Rommel, Guderian, Dreuz, Bottcher, Italian General Garaboldi, Lucie Rommel, shots of Rommel with Hitler. Photographs of equipment and troops arriving and in action, from the personal collection of Rommel.

U.S. Navy Magazines, Prudence Island, Rhode Island. Administrative History of the First Naval District in World War II

Photographs depicting military activities in France, May - June 1940. Included photographs of Rommel, Guderian, Dreuz, Bottcher, Italian General Garaboldi, Lucie Rommel, shots of Rommel with Hitler. Photographs of equipment and troops arriving and in action, from the personal collection of Rommel.

Aerial view of Naval Training Station and War College , Military education, Educational facilities, Naval War College U.S.. Photographs of the First Naval District

Aerial view of the Elias Beeckmankinne from the east. In the background the Simon Stevink Barrel. 008; TGT 9

Construction Progress at Naval Blimp Base , Air bases, Naval Blimp Base. Photographs of the First Naval District

This Aerial View Showing Bomb Damage On Betio Island, Tarawa, Gilbert Islands, Was Taken From A Navy Pby - Two Weeks After The Island Was Captured From The Japaneseanese. 4 Dec 1943.

Artist's concept of the Soviet directed energy research and development site at the Sary Shagan proving ground. It includes ground-based lasers that could be used in an anti-satellite role today and for ballistic missile defense in the future. From Soviet Military Power 1985. Country: Unknown

Aerial view of Coddington Point , Capes Coasts, Coddington Point. Photographs of the First Naval District

DN-SN-88-06568. State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Air Views Of Calais After The German Surrender.- An area around the city officials flooded by the Germans before they surrender.An R.A.F, official photographer took air views of Cap Gris Nez and the port of Calais after its surrender. In an attempt to retard the capture of Calais and to render it useless, the Germans flooded large areas around the city. In the Gap Gris Nez, German gun positions and strongpoints peppered with, large craters, after R. A. F. attacks. January 22, 1945. (Photo by British Official Photograph).

N.A.S. Squantum, MA from East-10000 feet , Air bases. Photographs of the First Naval District

Aerial view of Section Base , Naval yards & naval stations, Section Base. Photographs of the First Naval District

Aerial view of the south coast of Midden-Java between Oedjoeng Madasari (Penandjoeng bay) and tjilatjap. Photo is part of the so-called 'third exploration / propaganda flight' of soldiers from the 18th squadron ML-KNIL with a Mitchell B-25 (Registration N5-185) from Broome, along a part of the south coast of Central Java and back to Broome.

Germany Places - Bremen - West Germany. May 21, 1945. (Photo by U.S. Office Of Information Picture).

Photograph of the French Invasion Beach Made by a Coast Guard Combat Photographer from a Hillside Cut with the Trenches of the Ousted Nazi Defenders. Supplies Pour Ashore for Invaders of France- This striking panorama of the French invasion beach was made by a Coast Guard combat photographer from a hillside cut with the trench (foreground) of the ousted Nazi defenders. The channel waters are black with shipping, as reinforcements and supplies are funneled ashore for the conquest of the Cherbourg Peninsula. Balloon barrages float overhead to protect the ships from low-flying enemy strafers. One balloon rests on the deck of an LST. Headed inland are long parades of trucks, loaded with troops and supplies. 1939 - 1967.

Aerial airbase Soesterberg.

Bomb Damage To Brest, France 26 September 1944.

Puebla del Caramiñal (La Coruña), May 1929. Part of the German squadron anchored in the waters of this port.

Aerial View Of A Cemetery In England. 1943.

Aerial view of Forenza.

Navy Yard Annex , Naval yards & naval stations, Navy Yard Annex. Photographs of the First Naval District

A bomb-damaged landscape on the Western Front. One of a series of British aerial reconnaissance photographs recording the positions of trenches on the Western Front during the First World War. A prominently straight road, possibly one of several Roman roads in the region, and what appears to be a railway track, intersect fields riddled with trenches and bomb craters. Nord-Pas de Calais or Picardie, France, 26 February 1918., Nord-Pas de Calais, France, Western Europe, Europe .

Photographs depicting military activities in France, May - June 1940. Included photographs of Rommel, Guderian, Dreuz, Bottcher, Italian General Garaboldi, Lucie Rommel, shots of Rommel with Hitler. Photographs of equipment and troops arriving and in action, from the personal collection of Rommel.

Wire agents at the Tryma. .

Bomb Damaged Airfield, Gotha, Germany.

Aerial shot De Peel airbase

Aircraft, Burma, India & Bombing,

Naval Fuel Depot, Melville, RI-view from north 10000 ft , Military depots, U.S. Naval Fuel Depot. Photographs of the First Naval District

Technical course. Big box from above. .

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