Naval Aviation

Aerial bombardment (2477)
Air warfare (2269)
Submarine warfare (784)
Bailing out/loss of plane (664)
Naval shore bombardment (537)
Kamikazes (489)
Carrier warfare (425)
Dog fights (366)

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Destroyed bridge on the Po, Borgoforte
Photograph, aerial. Destroyed Italian bridge over the Po. Official caption on front: "Po River bridge at Bergoforte [...
Destroyed bridge, ETO
Photograph. Bridge destroyed by bombing or demolitions and collapsed into an unknown river. Date and location unknown,...
Destroyed bridge, MTO
Photograph. Remnants of destroyed bridge emerges from river. MTO. No date
Destroyed elevator on the USS Bunker Hill off the coast of Okinawa, 1945
Photograph. Destroyed elevator on the USS Bunker Hill (CV-17). Official caption on front: "No. 2 elevator on Bunker...
Destroyed Japanese transport ship off the coast of Luzon Island
Photograph, aerial. Large column of smoke rising from Japanese transport ship; American warplane visible at the lower...
Destroyed sugar mill, Saipan, 1944
Photograph. Ruins of a destroyed sugar mill; railroad tracks are in the foreground. Official caption on front: "Naval...
Destruction along the waterfront, Japan
Photograph, aerial. Destruction along a Japanese waterfront. City blocks destroyed. Likely Tokyo, Japan. 1945
Destruction along the waterfront, Japan
Photograph, aerial. Destruction along a Japanese waterfront. Personal caption on photo reverse: "Tokyo waterfront...
Destruction from aerial bombardment, Caen, 1944
Photograph. Destruction and rubble from heavy Allied bomb damage in Caen. Translated German caption on photo reverse: "...
Destruction from aerial bombardment, Japan
Photograph, aerial. Bombed Japanese industrial complex. Official caption: "Released. If published credit must be given...
Destruction of large multi-story building
Photograph. Destruction of large multi-story building. Location unknown. No date
Devastation of Nagasaki industrial factory district by atomic bomb, Japan, 1945
"Devastation of Nagasaki industrial (factory) district by 2nd atomic bomb dropped on Japan." 22 September 1945
Devastation of Nagasaki industrial factory district by second atomic bomb dropped on Japanese on 22 September 1945
"Devastation of Nagasaki industrial (factory) district by 2nd atomic bomb dropped on Japan." 22 September 1945
Devastation of Nagasaki industrial factory district by second atomic bomb dropped on Japanese on 22 September 1945
"Devastation of Nagasaki Industrial (Factory) District by 2nd Atomic Bomb dropped on Japan." 22 September 1945
Devastation of Nagasaki industrial factory district by second atomic bomb dropped on Japanese on 22 September 1945
"Devastation of Nagasaki Industrial (Factory) District by 2nd Atomic Bomb dropped on Japan." 22 September 1945
Devastation of Nagasaki industrial factory district by second atomic bomb dropped on Japanese on 22 September 1945
"Devastation of Nagasaki Industrial (Factory) District by 2nd Atomic Bomb dropped on Japan." 22 September 1945
Devastation of Nagasaki industrial factory district by second atomic bomb dropped on Japanese on 22 September 1945
"Devastation of Nagasaki Industrial (Factory) District by 2nd Atomic Bomb dropped on Japan." 22 September 1945
Devastation of Nagasaki industrial factory district by second atomic bomb dropped on Japanese on 22 September 1945
"Devastation of Nagasaki Industrial (Factory) District by 2nd Atomic Bomb dropped on Japan." 22 September 1945
Devastation of Nagasaki industrial factory district by second atomic bomb dropped on Japanese on 22 September 1945
"Devastation of Nagasaki Industrial (Factory) District by 2nd Atomic Bomb dropped on Japan." 22 September 1945
Donald Schlenger standing in front of B-29 "Don ~ The Beachcomber", North Field, Tinian
Photograph. United States Army Air Forces officer Donald Schlenger standing in front of B-29 Bomber "Don ~ The...
Double-exposure of the city of Liège, Belgium, April 1945
Photograph. Double-exposure of buildings and river in the city of Liège, Belgium. Personal Caption: "Liege, Belgium....
Doubly-powered by the flow of jet units, a Navy Vought Corsair fighter plane roars down the deck of a carrier for a takeoff in September 1944
450.Photograph. Chance Vought F4U Corsair. 'File Number: 215656 September 9, 1944 Navy Ready to Use Jet-Assisted...
Downed aircraft
Photograph. Downed American aircraft near an island coast. Presumably Okinawa, Japan. 1945
Downed British plane with tail art, Netherlands, September 1941
Photograph. Piece of British airplane containing the nose art of Daffy Duck holding British flag next to damaged RAF...
Downed Nazi airplane
Photograph. Remains of a Nazi airplane sitting in a field; a railroad track is in the foreground. Presumably Italy. No...
Drawing of German fighter planes attacking invasion fleet
Photograph. Photograph of drawing of German fighter planes attacking invasion fleet; large barrage balloons in...
Elevated view looking down into the harbor at a disabled Japanese ship. Dutch Harbor. 1942
Photograph. Elevated view looking down into the harbor at a disabled Japanese ship. Smaller boats and other islands in...
Empty artillery shells littering the deck of a US warship off the coast of Peleliu, Palau, 1944
Photograph. Empty artillery shells littering the deck of a United States Navy warship; sailors are standing in battle...
Engine room in American submarine in 1943
"File No: W-SUB-26-41780. June 8, 1943. Life aboard a U.S. Navy submarine. American submarines are powered by diesel...
Essex-class carrier underway on a strike mission, Pacific Ocean
Photograph. Planes crowd the deck of an Essex-class carrier underway on a strike mission. Official caption on front: "...
Exploding Japanese oil barge off the coast of New Ireland, New Guinea, 1943
Photograph, aerial. Japanese oil barge exploding in open water. Official caption on front: "Bull's eye on Jap oil barge...
Explosion aboard an unidentified patrol craft
Photograph. Explosion aboard an unidentified patrol craft taken from the aircraft carrier U.S.S. Hancock. Caption on...
Explosion on deck of Japanese cruiser in Rabaul Harbor, New Guinea, 1943
Photograph, aerial. Explosion on the deck of a Japanese cruiser. Official caption on front: "Japanese heavy cruiser...
Explosions at a factory from aerial bombs, 1945
Photograph, aerial. Low-angle photograph of factory. Explosions from aerial bombs visible. Location unknown. Circa 1945
Explosions hurl smoke and sea water high around two of the Japanese ships attacked by Commander Norman M. 'Bus' Miller, at Kwajalein in September 1944
403.Photograph. Consolidated PB4Y-1 Liberator. 'File No: 46576 September 21, 1944 Saga of Bus Miller--- Explosions hurl...
Exposed steel skeleton of a damaged factory, Japan
Photograph. Exposed steel skeleton of a damaged factory. Japan. 1945

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