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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...
Drawing of German fighter planes attacking invasion fleet
Photograph. Photograph of drawing of German fighter planes attacking invasion fleet; large barrage balloons in...
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
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...
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: "...
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...
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...
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 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 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...
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...
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-...
Japanese aircraft manuvering to avoid US Navy warplane bombardment of the coast of the Philippines
Photograph, aerial. Japanese aircraft carrier under attack by United States Navy warplanes; smoke and explosions are...
Japanese battleship turning to avoid US Navy bombs off the coast of Kure, Japan, 1945
Photograph, aerial. Japanese battleship turning to avoid United States Navy bombs; several bombs are exploding in the...
Japanese cargo ship sinking off the coast of Marinduque Island, Philippines
Photograph, aerial. Japanese cargo ship sinking after an American aerial bombardment. Official caption on front: "Jap...
Japanese civilians and US sailors walk along city street, Japan
Photograph. Japanese civilians and US sailors walk along city street. Buildings in the background are damaged and one...
Japanese complex of buildings and bombed surrounding areas, Tokyo
Photograph, aerial. Fire bombed areas surround a few standing buildings. . Official caption: "Released. If published...
Japanese freighter burning off the coast of a Pacific island, Pacific Ocean
Photograph, aerial. Cloud of smoke rising from the deck of a Japanese freighter as it burns off the coast of an island...
Japanese naval port being bombed by US Navy warplanes, Soerabaja, 1944
Photograph, aerial. Japanese naval port being bombed by United States Navy warplanes at Surabaya. Official caption on...
Japanese oil refinery burning, Java, 1944
Photograph, aerial. Large column of black smoke rising from a burning Japanese oil refinery. Official caption on front...
Japanese patrol torpedo boats being bombed by a U.S. Navy plane, Kyūshū Island, Japan, June 1945
Photograph. Aerial photograph of anchored Japanese patrol torpedo boats being bombed by a U.S. Navy plane. Official...
Japanese sailors abandoning ship in open ocean, Pacific Ocean
Photograph, aerial. Japanese sailors lying on the side of a keeled over warship; other sailors are in the surrounding...
Japanese ships burning in Manila Bay, Philippines
Photograph, aerial. Several Japanese ships burning off the coast of Manila after an American aerial attack. Official...

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