Naval Aviation

Aerial bombardment (2477)
Air warfare (2269)
Submarine warfare (784)
Bailing out/loss of plane (664)
Naval shore bombardment (537)
Kamikazes (489)
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F6F Hellcat taxing on an airstrip
Photograph Grumman F6F Hellcat taxing on an airstrip. Personal caption on reverse: "F6 taxiing 1945." Presumably...
Factory being blown up by American aerial bombardment on Formosa (Taiwan), 1945
Photograph, aerial. View of factory being blown up by American aerial bombardment. Official Caption: [damaged] "Rome, 7...
Fire on the deck of the USS Nevada off the coast of Okinawa, 1945
Photograph. Large Fire on the deck of the USS Nevada (BB-36) after a kamikaze attack; United States Navy sailors are...
Fireman standing in rubble of bombed building, Antwerp
Photograph. Fireman standing in rubble of building bombed by the British. Caption in French, repeated in Flemish: "...
Flaming Japanese airplane diving towards an American aircraft carrier, Philippine Sea
Photograph. Flaming Japanese airplane diving towards an American aircraft carrier; another carrier is in the foreground...
Flaming Japanese bomber falling through the sky off the coast of Kyushu, Japan, 1945
Photograph. Flaming Japanese bomber falling through the sky. Official caption on front: "Jap bomber misses U. S....
Formation of German Messerschmitt Bf 109 fighter aircraft in sky, ETO, 1940
Photograph. Formation of German Messerschmitt Bf 109 fighter aircraft in cloudy sky. Translation of official German...
Four images showing sequence of flak destroying an American B-24 bomber
Four images showing sequence of flak destroying an American B-24 bomber. "Sequence of four shots of one of our...
Four large U.S. carriers lie at anchor between strikes in January 1945
414. Photograph. 'File No: 291064 January 2, 1945 Flat-tops at anchor at an island base. Framed by the propeller of an...
French civilians looking into bombed building, Normandy, December 1941
Photograph. French civilians looking into building destroyed by fire by British bombers. Translated German caption on...
Front of a B-29
Photograph. Front of a Boeing B-29 Superfortress that is parked on an airstrip, engines are running. Personal caption...
German aircrafts in a field, Germany, 1945
Photograph. Field filled with downed German planes; some are damaged. Personal caption on front: 'ETO HQ-45-36136."...
German airplane wreckage
Photograph. The remains of a destroyed German Nazi aircraft. Europe. No date
German bomber flying low over the ocean, January 1942
Photograph. German bomber flying low over the ocean. Translation of official German caption on photo reverse: "Day...
German bomber flying over water, ETO
Photograph. German bomber flying over water. No caption or date. Probably over the English Channel. Probably 1940-42
German bombers and their Luftwaffe crews on airfield, October 1941
Photograph. German Focke-Wulf FW 200 bombers and their Luftwaffe crews on airfield. Translation of official German...
German bombers fly over the Pyrenees, France, 1942
Photograph. German Dornier Do 217 bombers flying in formation over snow capped Pyrenees mountains. Translation of...
German bombers flying in formation over farmland, France, March 1942
Photograph. German bombers flying in formation over farmland. Translation of official German caption on photo reverse...
German railroad cars destroyed by a US aerial bombing, Ostiense
Photograph. German railroad cars destroyed by a United States aerial bombing. Official caption on front: "Showing force...
German seaplane on quay, Germany, 1942
Photograph, aerial. View of German seaplane on quay and large crane to lower it into the water. Translation of official...
German submarine after a hit by a U.S. torpedo in Atlantic Ocean in 1943
German submarine after a hit by a U.S. torpedo in Atlantic Ocean. "File No: W-ES-90-68715. July 16, 1943. Blasting Nazi...
German train destroyed from Allied bombing over an Italian train station near Lagaro on 24 November 1944
176. Photograph. '24 Nov 44. 5/MM-44-30588. Fifth Army, Lagaro Area, Italy. German war materials are scattered all over...
German U-boat production, Germany
Photograph. Sections of a German U-boats in roofed scaffolding. Rhine River, Germany. No date
German warplanes bombing a US naval convoy off the coast of Gela, Sicily, 1943
Photograph. German warplanes bombing a United States naval convoy near a coastline. Official caption on front: "German...
German warplanes bombing a US naval convoy off the coast of Gela, Sicily, 1943
Photograph. German warplanes bombing a United States naval convoy near a coastline. Official caption on front: "Bombs...
Grumman F6F Hellcats warming up on the deck of a Navy Essex class aircraft carrier in February 1944
409.Photograph. 'File No: TR-7989 February 22, 1944 This way lies Tokyo A disembodied arm extends outstretched over...
Gugel and an officer in front of bomb-damaged buildings, Manila, 1945
Photograph. William Gugel (left) and another unidentified officer with Army jeep in front of bomb-damaged Filipino...
Gugel and another GI stand together in front of a bombed building, Philippines, 1945
Photograph. William Gugel, right, with unidentified serviceman, in bombed out Filipino city. Philippine Islands. 1945
Headless bodies of Japanese corpses killed by aerial and naval bombardment on the Marshall Islands in February 1944
Headless bodies of Japanese corpses killed by aerial and naval bombardment; Sherman tanks in background. "W-CPA-44-108-...
Heavily damaged B-17 Flying Fortresses parked at airfield, Thurleigh Airfield
Photograph. Heavily damaged B-17 Flying Fortresses, one has damage to engine, the other is missing part of its wing....
Heavy guns of a U.S. cruiser north of Bougainville on 23 December 1943
379.Photograph. "File No. 57540 March 7, 1944 Christmas greeting to the Jap Heavy guns of a U.S. cruiser light up the...
Helicopter being escorted by planes, Hawaii, 1946
Photograph. Helicopter flying with three escort airplanes above it. Personal caption on reverse: "3 Escorts / 1...
Hellcat landing on the deck of a US aircraft carrier, Pacific Ocean
Photograph. Grumman F6F Hellcat landing on the deck of an American aircraft carrier. Official caption on front: "...
Hellcat taxiing on an airstrip, 1946
Photograph. Side view of a Grumman F6F Hellcat taxiing on an airstrip. Personal caption on reverse: "Fighter plane /...
Hellcats preparing for takeoff off the coast of Wake Island, 1943
Photograph. Line of Grumman F6F Hellcats parked on an aircraft carrier deck with engines running; the bulk of the...
Holding a press conference at Eniwetok, Commander Norman M. 'Bus' Miller, USN, tells of his missions against the Japanese in the Pacific in September 1944
406.Photograph. 'File No: 46578 September 21, 1944 Saga of Bus Miller--- Holding a press conference at Eniwetok, the...

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