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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Damaged deck of the USS Lamson in Ormoc Bay, Leyte Island, 1944
Photograph. Damaged deck of the USS Lamson (DD-367) after a kamikaze attack. Official caption on front: "Navy destroyer...
Damaged deck of the USS Nevada off the coast of Okinawa, Japan, 1945
Photograph. Debris covering the damaged deck of the USS Nevada (BB-36) after a kamikaze attack. Official caption on...
Damaged government building, Naha, Okinawa, 1945
Photograph. A bomb damaged building. Personal caption on photo front: "Naha, Okinawa" and on photo reverse: "Okinawa....
Damaged Helldiver crash-landing over Kyushu, Japan, 1945
Photograph, aerial. Curtiss SB2C Helldiver aflame and falling towards the land below. Official caption on front: "Navy...
Damaged palms, New Guinea, 1944
Photograph.“Damaged trees in the jungle near the coastline. Personal caption on photo reverse: "Neumfohr, N.G. Naval...
Damaged pier, Naples, 1944
Photograph. View of destruction and damage to pier from muddy bank. Personal caption on photo reverse: "Pier A. Naples...
Damaged railroad cars, France, 1945
Photograph. Railroad cars upside down and severly damaged from aerial bombardment. Personal caption on photo reverse: "...
Damaged signal bridge on the USS Hornet (CV-8) off the coast of the Santa Cruz Islands, 1942
Photograph. Signal bridge aboard the aircraft carrier USS Hornet (CV-8) damaged by a kamikaze attack; smoke is rising...
Damaged tail assembly of German bomber, France, February 1943
Photograph. Damaged tail assembly of German Dornier Do 217 bomber. Translated German caption on photo reverse: "After a...
Damaged tail of a German Dornier Do 217 bomber, ETO, February 1943
Photograph. Damaged tail of a German Dornier Do 217 bomber. Translation of official German caption on photo reverse: "...
Damaged three-story building, Naha, Okinawa, 1945
Photograph. A bomb damaged building. Personal caption on photo front: "Okinawa" and on photo reverse: "One of the...
Damaged USS Hornet off the coast of Santa Cruz Islands, 1942
Photograph, aerial. Aircraft carrier USS Hornet (CV-8) near two smaller American warships in open water. Official...
Damaged USS Ticonderoga off the coast of Taiwan, 1945
Photograph. Damaged island control structure of the USS Ticonderoga (CV-14) after a Japanese kamikaze attack. Official...
Damaged USS Yorktown of the coast of Midway, 1942
Photograph. Heavily damaged USS Yorktown (CV-5) in open water with other American warships nearby. Official caption on...
Debris in a desert, North Africa, 1942-43
Debris in the desert; probably an airplane crash site. North Africa. 1942-43
Deck of the USS Morris after a kamikaze attack off the coast of Okinawa, 1945
Photograph. Damaged deck of the USS Morris (DD-417) after a Japanese kamikaze attack. Official caption on front: "...
Deck of the USS Newcomb after a kamikaze attack off the coast of Okinawa, 1945
Photograph. Sailors surveying the severely damaged deck of the USS Newcomb (DD-586). Official caption on front: "USS...
Depth charge released from the bow of Patrol craft boat in Atlantic Ocean in 1942-43
Depth charge released from the bow of Patrol craft boat. "15 - photos - 5. General Release. January 25, 1943. Action...
Depth charge released from the bow of Patrol craft boat in Atlantic Ocean in 1942-43
"12650-010 Photos0-01265. General Release. January 25, 1943. Action aboard a PC boat on patrol duty with an Atlantic...
Destroyed airplanes on the deck of the USS Bunker Hill off the coast of Okinawa, 1945
Photograph. Warplanes destroyed by Japanese kamikazes on the deck of the aircraft carrier USS Bunker Hill (CV-17)....
Destroyed bank building, Germany
Photograph. A bombed building (Dresdner Bank; Drogerie) filled with rubble and debris. Germany. No date
Destroyed bridge as seen from approach, MTO
Photograph. Destroyed bridge as seen from approach with ornate gates on other side and temporary bridge next to it. MTO...
Destroyed bridge on the Po, Borgoforte
Photograph, aerial. Destroyed Italian bridge over the Po. Official caption on front: "Po River bridge at Bergoforte [...
Destroyed bridge, ETO
Photograph. Bridge destroyed by bombing or demolitions and collapsed into an unknown river. Date and location unknown,...
Destroyed bridge, MTO
Photograph. Remnants of destroyed bridge emerges from river. MTO. No date
Destroyed elevator on the USS Bunker Hill off the coast of Okinawa, 1945
Photograph. Destroyed elevator on the USS Bunker Hill (CV-17). Official caption on front: "No. 2 elevator on Bunker...
Destroyed Japanese transport ship off the coast of Luzon Island
Photograph, aerial. Large column of smoke rising from Japanese transport ship; American warplane visible at the lower...
Destroyed sugar mill, Saipan, 1944
Photograph. Ruins of a destroyed sugar mill; railroad tracks are in the foreground. Official caption on front: "Naval...
Destruction along the waterfront, Japan
Photograph, aerial. Destruction along a Japanese waterfront. City blocks destroyed. Likely Tokyo, Japan. 1945
Destruction along the waterfront, Japan
Photograph, aerial. Destruction along a Japanese waterfront. Personal caption on photo reverse: "Tokyo waterfront...
Destruction from aerial bombardment, Caen, 1944
Photograph. Destruction and rubble from heavy Allied bomb damage in Caen. Translated German caption on photo reverse: "...
Destruction from aerial bombardment, Japan
Photograph, aerial. Bombed Japanese industrial complex. Official caption: "Released. If published credit must be given...
Destruction of large multi-story building
Photograph. Destruction of large multi-story building. Location unknown. No date
Devastation of Nagasaki industrial factory district by atomic bomb, Japan, 1945
"Devastation of Nagasaki industrial (factory) district by 2nd atomic bomb dropped on Japan." 22 September 1945
Devastation of Nagasaki industrial factory district by second atomic bomb dropped on Japanese on 22 September 1945
"Devastation of Nagasaki industrial (factory) district by 2nd atomic bomb dropped on Japan." 22 September 1945
Devastation of Nagasaki industrial factory district by second atomic bomb dropped on Japanese on 22 September 1945
"Devastation of Nagasaki Industrial (Factory) District by 2nd Atomic Bomb dropped on Japan." 22 September 1945

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