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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Parked A-26
Photograph. Douglas A-26 Invader parked on an airstrip. Personal caption on reverse: "A-26." Presumably Kwajalein...
Parked B-29
Photograph. Front of a parked B-29 Superfortress. Personal caption on reverse: "B-29." Presumably Kwajalein Island,...
Parked R5D
Photograph. Douglas R5D parked on an airstrip. Personal caption on reverse: "C-54 R5D." Presumably Kwajalein Island,...
Parked SNJ
Photograph. SNJ Texan parked on an airstrip. Personal caption on reverse: "SNJ / 1945." Presumably Kwajalein Island,...
Parked Ventura, 1946
Photograph. Grainy. Lockheed Ventura parked on an airstrip. Personal caption on reverse: "Ventura 1946." Presumably...
PB4Y-2 landing on an airstrip
Photograph. A Consolidated PB4Y-2 Privateer landing on a concrete airstrip. Personal caption on reverse: "PBM-4Y2."...
PB4Y-2 Privateer taking off from an airstrip, 1945
Photograph. A Consolidated PB4Y-2 Privateer taking off from an airstrip. Personal caption on reverse: "Pb4Y2 / Take Off...
PFC John Diehl sitting on a wrecked German airplane, Germany, 1945
Photograph. Private First Class John Diehl sitting on the wing of a wrecked German bomber. Personal caption on reverse...
Photograph identifying where two U.S. crew members bailed out in Japanese territory in 1943
Photograph. Photograph identifying where two U.S. crew members bailed out in Japanese territory. "This is two of our...
Pile of downed German planes
Photograph. Parts from downed German planes piled by a shed. Location unknown. No date
Planes flying in formation
Photograph. Several squadrons of planes flying in formation. Presumably Saint-Lô, France. Circa 1944
Planes in flight over clouds in Europe in 1943 or 1945
Unidentifiable planes in flight over clouds. Location unknown, probably ETO. 1943-45.
Planes preparing for takeoff on the USS Kitkun Bay, Philippine Sea
Photograph. Planes preparing for takeoff from the USS Kitkun Bay (CVE-71); Japanese bombers are attacking the USS White...
Pre-invasion bombardment of Kwajalein Island, Kwajalein Atoll, 1944
Photograph, aerial. United States pre-invasion bombardment of Japanese ships. Official caption on front: "Preinvasion...
Quonset hut and entrances to underground air raid shelters, Thurleigh Airfield
Photograph. Quonset hut and entrances to underground air raid shelters. Thurleigh Airfield, near Bedford, England. 1943...
Quonset hut with bicycles parked outside, Thurleigh Airfield
Photograph. Quonset hut with bicycles parked outside. Thurleigh Airfield, near Bedford, England. 1943-45
R5D after a crash landing, 1946
Photograph. Douglas R5D parked on an airstrip after a crash landing. Personal caption on reverse: "C-54 / crash landed...
R5D taxingon an airstrip, 1945
Photograph. Side view of a Douglas R5D taxing on an airstrip. Personal caption on reverse: "C-54 Landing / 1945."...
Rail bridge destroyed by American bombers, Ora, 1944
Photograph, aerial. Large column of smoke rising from a destroyed rail bridge. Official caption on front: "Precision...
Remains of a bombed train and railroad bridge, Bucine
Photograph. Italian train and railroad bridge damaged by a United States aerial bombing. Official caption on front: "...
Remnants of a steel structure, ETO
Photograph. Image of tall bomb-damaged steel structure. Unknown location. No date
Repair and maintenance crews looking out towards airfield, Thurleigh Airfield
Photograph. Repair and maintenance crews looking out towards airfield, tractor and bicycles also nearby. Thurleigh...
Results of a practice bomb run, probably in the United States in 1945
Results of a practice bomb run, probably in the United States in 1945.
Results of a practice bomb run, probably in the United States in 1945
Results of a practice bomb run, probably in the United States in 1945.
Rocketboat training in the United States during World War II
Sailors on a small utility boat in the foreground observe a training exercise on an LCS(L)(3) to the left and an LSM(R...
Rockets from an LSM screaming toward the beach at Okinawa Island on 4 April 1945
605.Photograph 'CINCPAC-05467 4 April 1945 Rockets soften Okinawa Beach-Rockets screaming toward the beach at Okinawa...
Rubble from bombardment, Japan
Photograph. Rubble from destruction of factory. Japan. 1945
Rubble from Montecassino Abbey destroyed by Allied bombers in postwar Italy
Slide. Rubble from Montecassino Abbey destroyed by Allied bombers. "Debris at Cassino." From box originally labeled “"...
Rubble in field with damaged buildings in the background, Japan, 1945
Photograph. Urban landscape of damaged buildings and concrete. Japan. 1945
Sailors fighting fire on the deck of the USS Hornet off the coast of the Santa Cruz Islands, 1942
Photograph. Sailors fighting fire on the deck of the aircraft carrier USS Hornet (CV-8); debris litters the deck....
Sailors on a wrecked B-24
Photograph. Two sailors, one sitting and one standing, on a wrecked Consolidated B-24 Liberator; the engines and nose...
SB2C Helldiver bombing Japanese cargo ships off the coast of Luzon Island, Philippines
Photograph, aerial. Two large clouds rising from the ocean caused by bombs fired from a Curtiss SB2C Helldiver....
Sequence of two images showing a hit bomber going down in flames over Europe
Sequence of two images showing a hit bomber going down in flames. "Two shots of one of our bombers hit and going down...
Serviceman and tower gates, MTO
Photograph. American serviceman stands among rubble at side of road with semi-destroyed bridge gates in background. MTO...
Serviceman inspecting a downed Nazi plane
Photograph. An American serviceman inspecting a downed Nazi plane in forest. Official caption on front: "Jet Plane."...
Serviceman posing with a wrecked German airplane, Germany, 1945
Photograph. Serviceman leaning against a wrecked German bomber; another bomber is parked at the edge of a forest in the...

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