Aerial Collection (page 6)

Aerial reconnaissance photograph of the Alfred Teves aerospace component factory at Frankfurt following night attacks by RAF Bomber Command on the nights of 18th/19th March and 22nd/23rd March

A 4, 000 pound bomb ( extreme right) dropped by bombers of RAF Bomber Command during a daylight raid on Heinsburg. 16th November 1944

On Sunday 20th February 1944 the US 8th Air Force despatched 2000 heavy bombers to attack enemy aircraft factories at Leipzig, Brunswick, Bernburg and military targets at Gotha

This is how the Bettenhausen ordnance depot at Kassel, 110 miles north west of Cologne, appeared after the US 8th Air Force heavy bombers had attacked the facility on 2nd October

Friedberg Marshalling Yard Air Raid 4th December 1944 The vital choke point and half the yards receive the solid impact of a tight cluster of bombs

A month before the Normandy landings, Mosquito aircraft of Bomber Command laid mines in the Kiel Canal, the most heavily defended waterway in the world

V. E. Day celebrations in London outside Buckingham Palace, London
V.E. Day celebrations in London outside Buckingham Palace, London. Victory in Europe Day. Picture taken 8th May 1945

Sea water rushing through the breach in the sea dyke near Westkapelle on the Dutch island of Walcheren. Circa October 1944

Bombing raid on oil production facilities in Hamburg as the US Eighth aF Liberators and Fortresses press home their attack. 20th June 1944

A reconnaissance photograph shows heavy damage in Karlsruhe after an R. A. F
A reconnaissance photograph shows heavy damage in Karlsruhe after an R.A.F. raid on the 2nd September 1942. Pictured, the partially destroyed Junker und Ruh Werke factory. September 1942

Further damage to Duisburg station in the Papendell-Neudorf district. May 1943

A heavily damaged section of the Krupps work in Essen. March 1943

Westkapelle is a small city in the municipality of Veere on the island Walcheren, in the province Zeeland of the Netherlands

Operation Infatuate was the code name given to an Anglo-Canadian operation during the... Walcheren Island, at the western end of the Beveland Peninsula, overlooked the Scheldt Estuary

Attack on the sea dyke near Westkapelle on the Dutch island of Walcheren. 5th October 1944

Heavy damage to the railway station in Dusseldorf. September 1942

The destroyed factory of Deutsche Rohren Werke in Dusseldorf. September 1942

Heavily damaged Derendorf works of Rheinmetall-Borsig A. G Arms after an R. A. F
Heavily damaged Derendorf works of Rheinmetall-Borsig A.G Arms after an R.A.F. raid over Dusseldorf. November 1944

Royal Air Force. Middle East, score direct hits in attack on Benghazi Harbour, Libya. Picture shows bombs bursting on the docks and shipping in the harbour during a raid

Fires rage in Duisberg during a very heavy attack. 15th October 1944

Photos taken by the RAF Film Unit show, top left, a close-up as bombs are dropped from a Lancaster over Germany, and continue in sequence until in the last picture, bottom right

A direct hit from an RAF bomber explodes in a cloud of dust and smoke right in the middle of the tracks at Ye railway yards, Burma. Circa 1945

R. A. F raids on Genoa, reconnaissance reveals widespread damage
R.A.F raids on Genoa, reconnaissance reveals widespread damage. (Picture) (Picture) Damage in the Ansaldo fitting cut yard Annotation. Circa 9th November 1942

RAF Ventura Planes Blitz Ijmuiden Steel Works, Holland, on 13th February 1943 IJmuiden is a port city in the Dutch province of North Holland and is the main town in the municipality of Velsen

Brenheim feel applies in North Africa. Serial of these attacks took place during the first week of fighting in Libya and were directed against the enemys feel supplies

Allied Middle East bombings Strafe Axis supply lines. Aircraft of the Allied Air Forces are hammering supply lines serving Rommels forces in Western Desert

Bombs bursting among fleeing German vehicles in the Western Desert, with one of the formation Baltimores which laid the eggs. 6th November 1942

Smashing Allied air attacks support 8th Armys rapid advance. Relentless attack by aircraft of the Allied Air Force on axis transport supported the rapid 8th army advance

Wrecked enemy aircraft on Tunis airfield, after Allied air attacks. One of the first pictures received from North Africa of damage resulting from Allied air attacks on El Aouina Tunis

Benghazi harbour havoc, results of Allied bombing. When Allied troops entered Benghazi they found evidence of the effectiveness of the constant

R. A. F. bombs on SFAX, Axis key port in North Africa. (Picture
R.A.F. bombs on SFAX, Axis key port in North Africa. (Picture) Part of the dockside railway yards at SFAX, showing the heavy damage inflicted by Allied bombing. 9th January 1943

The 8th army advance through the Western Desert has brought German harbours and supply bases in Tunisia within range of Allied air attack from the East as well as from the West

Avenger, Wildcat and Swordfish aircraft from two British escort carriers, HMS Tracker and HMS Activity attacked and sunk German U-boat U288 in the Barents Sea east of Bear Island, in position 73.44N

RAF Middle East Command train in Egypt. 1940

Aerial view of Catania being bombed during Second World War. 20th July 1943

Light bombers attack Axis positions in Sicily near Mount Etna in the battle for Catania. 17th August 1943

R. A. F. Boston bomber attacking the port of Milazzo. 11th August 1943
R.A.F. Boston bomber attacking the port of Milazzo. 11th August 1943

R. A. F. officers inspect the bombed waterfront at Messina. 23rd August 1943
R.A.F. officers inspect the bombed waterfront at Messina. 23rd August 1943

Seafire fighters fly over Japan. July 17th 1945

Manila on fire as US forces liberate the Philippine capital. 18th March 1945

Burning coal dumps at Spitsbergen seen from the air. 150, 000 tonnes were burnt to prevent the Germans from using it. Circa September 1941

As part of the raid on Vagsoy the R. A. F. bombed the aerodrome at Herdia to prevent enemy
As part of the raid on Vagsoy the R.A.F. bombed the aerodrome at Herdia to prevent enemy aircraft from assisting the garrison. Circa December 1941

US aircraft bomb the Japanese airbase on the Kwajalein Atoll. April 1944

US planes drop phosphorous bombs over a Japanese radio station at Rabaul, Papua New Guinea. April 1944

Reconniassance photograph taken from a Spitfire of 542 Squadronl over Berlin, Germany after heavy night raids by Bomber Command aircraft on 23/24 August, 31 August/1 September and 3/4 September 1943

This night photographs show direct hits scored by British bombers on Tobruk jetties. 30th July 1942

Aerial view of Tobruk with petrol burning. The cruiser San Giorgio can be seen in the background. 12th February 1941

An aerial view of Bardia in Libya during the Second World War. Circa 1940s

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