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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...
Serviceman sitting in a crashed Messerschmitt Me 262
Photograph. American serviceman sitting in a crashed Messerschmitt Me 262 "Schwalbe" ["Swallow"]. Location unknown. No...
Servicemen fueling a B-29, 1945
Photograph. Servicemen fueling and performing maintenance work of a B-29 Superfortress. Personal caption on reverse: "B...
Servicemen sitting on a Messerschmitt Me 262
Photograph. Two American servicemen sitting on the wing of a damaged Messerschmitt Me 262 "Schwalbe" ["Swallow"]....
Shadows of German soldiers on rocky soil, France, 1940
Photograph. Shadows of German soldiers on rocky soil of bomb crater. Translated German caption on photo reverse: "Far...
Sinking Japanese ships in Manila Bay, Philippines
Photograph. Two sinking Japanese cargo ships in a bay; two large columns of smoke are rising in the background....
Sinking Japanese transport ship off the coast of Luzon Island, Philippines
Photograph, aerial. Cloud of smoke rising from a sinking Japanese transport ship after an American aerial bombardment....
Six 16-inch rifles of the U.S.S. Iowa bellow in unison in October 1944
283.Photograph. USS Iowa. '46343 October 26, 1944 Tons of Death Six 16-inch rifles of the U.S.S. Iowa bellow in unison...
Smoke and debris erupting from the Chikunan Rail Yards, Formosa, 1945
Photograph, aerial. View from a U.S. bomber of smoke and debris erupting from a rail yard after a bombing run. Official...
Smoke and flames rise from an American ship anchored off Okinawa, Japan, June 1945
Photograph. Smoke and flames rise from an American ship anchored off Okinawa after kamikaze attack. Official Caption: "...
Smoke billowing from a US aircraft carrier, Philippine Sea
Photograph. Smoke billowing from a United States aircraft carrier; a Japanese bomb is exploding in the ocean in the...
Smoke billowing from the Japanese aircraft carrier Shōhō, Coral Sea, 1942
Photograph, aerial. Smoke billowing from the damaged Japanese aircraft carrier Shōhō. Official caption on front: "Navy...
Smoke billows from damaged Japanese ship, PTO
Photograph, aerial. Smoke billows from hit Japanese ship. Personal caption on photo reverse: "Jap ship being bombed."...
Smoke from burning Japanese ships blankets the city of Manila, Philippines
Photograph. Smoke from several burning Japanese ships blankets the sky. Official caption on front: "Smoke blankets...
Smoke from flames begun by shells and bombs hangs over Guam on 20 July 1944
505.Photograph. 'File Number: 59459 August 2, 1944 Landing climax terrific bombardment of Guam Smoke from flames begun...

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