Naval Aviation

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Wildcat chasing a Japanese bomber through clouds of antiaircraft flak, Pacific Ocean, 1944
Photograph. Grumman F4F Wildcat [center] chasing a Japanese bomber [right] through clouds of antiaircraft flak near an...
Wildcat flying over Makin Island, 1942
Photograph, aerial. Grumman F4F Wildcat flying over Makin Island; smoke from bombings visible below. Official caption...
With a deafening roar, the 16' batteries of the U.S.S. Iowa loose tons of steel at a distant target during the shakedown cruise of the sea giant in October 1944
284.Photograph. USS Iowa.'46628 October 26, 1944 Challenge With a deafening roar, the 16' batteries of the U.S.S. Iowa...
Women dig through rubble, Belgium
Photograph. Belgian women digging through rubble from Allied bomb damage, no location or date. Translated German...
Wooden frame of structure destroyed
Photograph. Wooden frame of structure destroyed. Probably Japan. No date
Wreckage in a European street
Photograph. Piles of debris in city streets, probably Germany. No date
Wreckage lines a Japanese airstrip at Puluwat in this picture made from the Navy Liberator piloted by Commander Norman M. 'Bus' Miller on 9 June 1944
404.Photograph. 'File No: 46573 September 21, 1944 Saga of Bus Miller--- Wreckage lines the airstrip at Puluwat in this...
Wreckage of a B-29, Tinian, 1945
Photograph. Servicemen standing next to the severed tail section of a B-29 Bomber. The surrounding area is littered...
Wreckage of German airplanes, Italy, 1944
Photograph. Wreckage of two German airplanes in a field; a shed is in the background. Personal caption on reverse: "Two...
Wreckage of German airplanes, Italy, 1944
Photograph. Wreckage of two German airplanes in a field; a shed is in the background. Tuscany, Italy. September 1944
Wreckage of the bomb-damaged Destroyer USS Plunkett (DD-431)
Photograph. Wreckage of the bomb-damaged Destroyer USS Plunkett (DD-431) off Italy. Personal caption on photo reverse...
Wreckage on the hangar deck of the USS Sangamon off the coast of Okinawa, 1945
Photograph. Wreckage on the hangar deck of the USS Sangamon (CVE-26) after a Japanese kamikaze attack. Official caption...
Wrecked fuselage of a B-17 Flying Fortress, Thurleigh Airfield
Photograph. Fuselage of a B-17 Flying Fortress after it crashed into a Quonset hut on the airbase. Thurleigh Airfield,...
Wrecked German airplanes, Germany, 1945
Photograph. Three wrecked German bombers at the edge of a forest. Personal caption on reverse: "Pocking Germany."...
Wrecked Wellington bomber carrying a blockbuster bomb, Mediterranean Theater (probably), 1942-44
Wrecked Vickers Wellington on its belly on the ground. "Crash landing of a Wimpy with blockbuster aboard."...
Young girl sits in the middle of a bomb-destroyed city block, Belgium
Photograph. Belgian town after bombing; child sits near mattress with bags of salvaged clothing nearby; debris all over...

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