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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Low-level aerial photograph of smoke rising from the edge of a shoreline, 1942-45
View straight on, from low flying aircraft, of a body of water with shoreline in semi circle in the middle of which is...
LSM(R)-197 firing rockets at Okinawa beach, Japan, 1945
Photograph. USS LSM(R)-197 firing artillery rockets. Official caption on front: "Rockets soften Okinawa beach. US Navy...
Marines aboard an aircraft carrier in September 1944
"File Number: 243454 September 19, 1944. Reveille at dawn-- Sprawled out below the wings of Navy planes, Marines en...
Military inspections
Photograph. Soldiers lined up at attention for inspection on military base. No caption. Unknown location. No date
Military jeeps and trucks in destroyed village
Photograph. American trucks and jeeps sit parked in a ruined European town or village. Date and location unknown, no...
Military vehicles parked in village
Photograph. American trucks sit parked in a war-damaged European village. Date and location unknown, no caption...
Naval bombardment of Garapan, Saipan, 1944
Photograph. Plumes of water rising from exploding naval bombardment shells offshore of Garapan. Official caption on...
Naval bombardment of Saipan, NMI, 1944
Photograph. Distant view of an explosion on a coastline; United States Navy warships are in foreground. Official...
Naval bombing of Marcus Island, Japan
Photograph, aerial. Large columns of smoke rising from Marcus Island after a United States Navy bombardment. Official...
Navy guns pound Mt. Suribachi on Iwo Jima on 19 February 1945
US Coast Guard and Navy vessels shooting at Mount Suribachi; a Bofors 40 mm antiaircraft gun in foreground. Official...
Navy planes riding the deck of the USS Tulagi as the carrier plows her way toward France for the August 1944
467. Photograph. 'File No: TR-11072 September 5, 1944 France-Bound Armada U. S. Navy planes riding the deck of the USS...
Navy TBF pilots walking toward their waiting planes on a Task Force 58 carrier for a strike against Guam in 1944
506.Photograph. 'File Number: TR-10955 January 23, 1945 Heading for Guam Navy TBF pilots walking toward their waiting...
Navy warplanes prepare to take off as their carrier heads about into the wind during a recent battle mission in the Pacific in September 1944
433.Photograph. Grumman TBF Avengers'File Number: 246959 September 26, 1944 Into the wind Navy warplanes prepare to...
Nemuro air raid, Hokkaido, 1945
Photograph, aerial. Large columns of smoke rising from burning civilian buildings. Official caption on front: "Fire...
Night battle in the Bismarck Sea, 1943
Photograph. Smoke from artillery fire obscuring an American warship at night. Official caption on front: "Shell blasts...
Night battle off the coast of Buka Island, New Guinea, 1943
Photograph. USS Columbia (CL-56) firing artillery guns at a Japanese airfield during the night. Official caption on...
Night battle off the coast of New Georgia, Solomon Islands, 1943
Photograph. United States Navy warship firing artillery at Japanese installations. Official caption on front: "Night...
Night bombing of Munda, New Georgia Island, 1943
Photograph. United States Navy bombing of Japanese coastal forces. Official caption on front: "Night naval bombardment...
Nighttime photo showing blazing light and smoke from across the harbor. Dutch Harbor. 1944
Photograph. Nighttime photo showing blazing light and smoke from across the harbor. (See 2014.352.122 for more...
Nighttime photo showing blazing light and smoke from across the harbor. Dutch Harbor. 1944
Photograph. Nighttime photo showing blazing light and smoke from across the harbor. Dutch Harbor, Amaknak Island,...
Parked A-26
Photograph. Douglas A-26 Invader parked on an airstrip. Personal caption on reverse: "A-26." Presumably Kwajalein...
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...

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