Naval Aviation

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Air warfare (2269)
Submarine warfare (784)
Bailing out/loss of plane (664)
Naval shore bombardment (537)
Kamikazes (489)
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Kamikaze crashing near a US aircraft carrier off the coast of Iwo Jima, Japan, 1945
Photograph. Japanese kamikaze crashing in the ocean next to an American aircraft carrier; antiaircraft flak is in the...
Kamikaze plane crashing in near US aircraft carriers off the coast of Iwo Jima, Japan, 1945
Photograph. Japanese kamikaze plane crashing in the ocean near two American aircraft carriers; antiaircraft flak is in...
Kamikaze plane falling out of flak-filled sky off the coast of Okinawa, Japan, 1945
Photograph. Flaming Japanese kamikaze plane falling out of sky filled with clouds of antiaircraft flak; two American...
Kamikaze plane falling towards ocean off the coast of Iwo Jima, Japan, 1945
Photograph. Japanese kamikaze falling towards the ocean in the background; seen from the deck of an American warship....
Kushiro burning after an air raid, Hokkaido, 1945
Photograph, aerial. Large clouds of smoke rising from burning buildings after a United States Navy bomber attack....
L-shaped Japanese government building surrounded by razed ground, Naha, Okinawa, 1945
Photograph. A bomb damaged building. Personal caption on photo front: "Jap. Gov. Bldg. Naha - Okinawa" and on photo...
Landing assaults are launched while surface bombardment takes place on Guam on 20 July 1944
504.Photograph. 'File Number: 59457 August 2, 1944 D-Day on Guam Rising to a crescendo as landing assaults are launched...
Large column of smoke rising from a burning pier at Manila Bay, Philippines
Photograph, aerial. Large column of smoke rising from a burning pier on the coast. Official caption on front: "Blazing...
Large smoke plume rising from dock, Singapore, 1945
Photograph, aerial. View of a large smoke plume rising from a dock in Singapore. Official Caption: "Rome, 7/2/45--...
Last flight of the 'Thunder Mug', famed Consolidated Liberator piloted by Commander Norman M. 'Bus' Miller, USN, of Winston Salem, North Carolina in September 1944
402.Photograph. Consolidated PB4Y-1 Liberator. 'File No: 46579 September 21, 1944 Saga of Bus Miller--- Last flight of...
LCI rocket barrage off the coast of Luzon Island, Philippines, 1945
Photograph. American LCI (Landing Craft, Infantry) firing rockets during an amphibious invasion. Official caption on...
LCS(L) surrounding the sunken USS William D. Porter off the coast of Okinawa, Japan, 1945
Photograph. LCS(L)(3)-86 and two other Landing Craft, Support (Large) surrounding the sunken USS William D. Porter (DD-...
Lifeboat of US Navy sailors leaving the sinking USS Lexington, Coral Sea, 1942
Photograph. Lifeboat full of United States Navy sailors leaving the sinking USS Lexington (CV-2). Official caption on...
Looking down at cloud bank from inside plane, England
Photograph. View from interior of nose cone of B-17 Flying Fortress looking down onto clouds below. Thurleigh airfield...
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...

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