Queen Máxima and King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands
Queen Máxima and King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands walk with Maj. Gen. Jeffrey S. Buchanan, commanding general, Joint Force Headquarters-National Capital Region and the U.S. Army Military District of Was... More
Queen Máxima and King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands
Queen Máxima and King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands lay a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier June 1 at Arlington National Cemetery. The Dutch royal couple’s visit to the cemetery was to honor Ameri... More
James “Maggie” Megallas sits in the front row of the
James “Maggie” Megallas sits in the front row of the crowd in anticipation of an Arlington National Cemetery wreath-laying ceremony performed by King Willem-Alexander and Queen Máxima of the Netherlands June 1 ... More
B-17 action
Formation of B-17 over Germany in 1945
Air Force personnel & equipment. The Pacific, England, Wash. DC. 1942-...
Scope and content: U.S. Bomber crew somwhere in England. Lt. J.M. Stewart, Marrowbone, Ky., Lt. W.W. Dickey, Beverly, Mass., S/Sgt. R.C. Schnoyer, East Greenville, Pa., S/Sgt. H.L. Langan, Los Angeles, Calif.,... More
P-51C Mustangs of 332nd FG take off in Italy in August 1944
U.S. Army Air Forces North American P-51C Mustang fighters of the 332nd Fighter Group take off from Ramitelli airfield, Italy, to escort heavy bombers sent to bomb a German refinery for synthetic oil at Blechha... More
The routes used by escape lines to help downed airmen escape Nazi-occu...
A map of the routes used by the Comet Line, the Pat Line, and the Shelbourne escape lines to smuggle downed allied airmen out of Nazi-occupied Europe during World War II.
Saint-Pierre-du-Mont Airfield - 834th EAB engineers laying out the SMT
834th EAB engineers laying out the SMT tracks to reinforce the runway for intensive use by USAAF P-47s
Temporary USAAF Buildings at Asch Airfield Belgium 1945
Temporary USAAF Buildings at Asch Airfield Belgium 1945
RAF Lashenden - 22 May 1944 0002
Aerial photograph of Lashenden (Headcorn) airfield looking south east, P-51 Mustangs of the 354th Fighter Group are parked on grass around the perimeter, 22 May 1944. Photograph taken by 7th Photographic Recon... More
RAF Lashenden - 22 May 1944 - Airphoto
Aerial photograph of RAF Lashenden (Headcorn) oriented north, P-51 Mustangs of the 354th Fighter Group are parked on grass around the perimeter, 22 May 1944.
Saint-Pierre-du-Mont Airfield - air traffic control
Corporal Paul Stock (left) on air traffic control duties at St. Pierre du Mont airfield on 11 June 11 1944. The P-38 Lightning 42-68071
Den Helder docks being bombed in 1943
View of an attack by Royal Air Force bombers on the harbour of Den Helder, the Netherlands, in 1943.Original caption: "Royal Air Force "Ventura" bombers blitz Den Helder in daylight. "Ventura" aircraft of Royal... More
German fighters attack Boeing B-17 Flying Fortresses on 28 July 1943 (...
German fighters attack U.S. Army Air Forces Boeing B-17F Flying Fortress on 28 July 1943. The attack was part of the so-called "Blitz Week" against German fighter production. Targeted were the AGO Flugzeugwerk... More
Douglas A-20J-10-DO 050606-F-1234P-024 USAF
U.S. Army Air Forces Douglas A-20J-10-DO Havoc (S/N 43-10129, "5C-I") of the 671st BS, 416th Bomb Group after being hit by flak on Mission 46 over Beauvoir, Manche, France, 12 May 1944. The crew was Pilot 1Lt ... More
RAF Lashenden - 11 May 1944
Aerial photograph of Lashenden (Headcorn) airfield looking north, P-51 Mustangs of the 354th Fighter Group are parked on grass around the perimeter, 11 May 1944. Photograph taken by 7th Photographic Reconnaiss... More
Saint-Pierre-du-Mont Airfield - Piper L-4 taking off
A Piper L-4 taking off from the yet uncovered runway of Saint-Pierre-du-Mont Airfield (A-1), France
Cardonville Airfield A-3
Cardonville Airfield A-3, France
Lockheed P38 'Arkansas Traveler' at Clastres Airfield, France in Octob...
U.S. Air Force photograph of Lt. James O. Fincher of the 392nd Fighter Squadron, 367th Fighter Group in his P-38J Lightning “Arkansas Traveler” along with his ground crew. The P-38 was photographed at Clastres... More
Saint-Pierre-du-Mont Airfield - P-38 Lightning taking off
A P-38 Lightning taking off from the uncovered runway on 10 June 1944 with a Piper L-4 parked to the side of the runway
Church of Our Lady and Saint Nicholas, Liverpool 5
Normaund: Liverpool
367th Fighter Group 392d FS P-38 Lightning
367th Fighter Group 392d FS P-38 Lightning at Carentan Airfield (A-10), France
RAF Ashford - 11 May 1944 1001
Aerial photograph of Ashford airfield. Photograph taken by the 34th Photographic Reconnaissance Squadron of the 10th Photographic Reconnaissance Group on 11 May 1944, sortie number US/34GR/LOC14. English Herit... More
Saint-Pierre-du-Mont Airfield - P-38J Lightning 42-68071
P-38J Lightning 42-68071 (either 367 or 370 FG) on the airfield on 14 June 1944, showing just how close to the invasion beaches the airfield actually was
Cardonville Airfield France 1944
Cardonville Airfield (A-3), France, under construction, June 1944
RAF New Romney
Aerial view of RAF New Romney, 1943.
Liverpool Bluecoat plaque
Stone plaques at Bluecoat Chambers, Liverpool, England
Spiritofthe Blitz
Spirit of the Blitz sculpture located in the grounds of Church of Our Lady and Saint Nicholas, Liverpool
Blitz West End Air Shelter
An Air raid shelter in a London Underground station in London during The Blitz.
Manchester Assize Courts, Interior
Manchester Assize Courts from an old stereoscope card.
The Assize Courts, Manchester (crop)
Manchester Assize Courts from an old stereoscope card.
A scene at a London railway station showing troops arriving while kidd...
A scene at a London railway station (Waterloo) showing troops arriving while kiddies who are being evacuated from London leave for the reception area. Ca. 1940. New Times Paris Bureau Collection. (USIA) Ex... More
Chenies Street bomb damage 1941
Chenies Street bomb damage 1941.
London Bombed WWII full
Injuries brought about during the bombing of London. Español: Daños ocasionados durante el bombardeo a Londres.
Blitz map of London (Polandball)
Polandball comic on the news that an interactive map denoting the Blitz of London has been created. (news link)
London Blitz 791940
View along the River Thames in London towards smoke rising from the London docks after an air raid during the Blitz.
Manchester Assize Courts, Interior (crop)
Manchester Assize Courts from an old stereoscope card.
Blitzshelter
Girl in bunk bed in subway tunnel shelter, woman kneeling next to her.
The Assize Courts, Manchester
Manchester Assize Courts from an old stereoscope card.
Map of the density of bombing, London region, to October 1941 (HO193-4...
Over the course of the Second World War, London was heavily bombed. This colour coded map was created by the Home Office in 1941, showing the amount of bombs that had fallen in the first year and a half since ... More
The London Necropolis Railway Station, privately owned station in West...
The London Necropolis Railway Station, privately owned station in Westminster Bridge Road, after London's biggest night raid of the war. Ca. 1941. New Times Paris Bureau Collection. (USIA) Exact Date Shot U... More
London V2 Frissell2
Battersea incident, England, January 1945--girl among the ruins, British flag overhead. Corresponds to V2 rocket bombing of Battersea, in London, of 27 January 1945: 17 people killed, 20 houses destroyed, doze... More
Isaac Stecker wearing Air Raid warden uniform
"I remember my father used to say that he loved the quiet that resulted from the air raid. I was very proud of my father. The uniform was navy." Collection of The Jewish Historical Society of Greater Hartford W... More
Shelterers in Swiss Cottage tube station, c. 1940s
Shelterers in Swiss Cottage Station, c. 1940s
NA-306-NT-3163V
"Children of an eastern suburb of London, who have been made homeless by the random bombs of the Nazi night raiders, waiting outside the wreckage of what was their home." September 1940 LOCATION: Britain SOUR... More
London has its biggest raid of the war HD-SN-99-02670
London has its biggest raid of the war. Fire bombs and high explosives rained on the captial for many hours. A building completely wrecked after last night's all night raid. April 1941. New Times Paris Bur... More
Toni Frissell, Abandoned boy, London, 1945
Abandoned boy holding a stuffed toy animal amid ruins following German aerial bombing of London, England.
Manchester Assize Courts
Manchester Assize Courts from an old stereoscope card. Unfortunately the photograph is very faded and has a tear running through it, but it is still legible.
Parkeerterrein tussen verwoeste huizen, Bestanddeelnr 254-1974
Nederlands: Collectie / Archief : Fotocollectie Van de Poll Reportage / Serie : Reportage Londen Beschrijving : Parkeerterrein tussen verwoeste huizen Datum : 1947 Locatie : Groot-Brittannië, Londen Trefwoorde... More
President Trump Tours the Churchill War Rooms (48002109347)
President Donald J. Trump and First Lady Melania Trump, along with British Prime Minister Theresa May and her husband Mr. Philip May tour the Churchill War Rooms Tuesday, June 4, 2019, in London. (Official Whit... More
London - Victoria and Albert Museum, bomb damaged wall as of 2017
Français : Bomb damaged wall as of 2017.
Auto's op een parkeerplaats tussen verwoeste gebouwen, Bestanddeelnr 2...
Nederlands: Collectie / Archief : Fotocollectie Van de Poll Reportage / Serie : Reportage Londen Beschrijving : Auto's op een parkeerplaats tussen verwoeste gebouwen Datum : 1946 Locatie : Groot-Brittannië, Lo... More
Wartime Damage to the Futurist Cinema (left) and Scala Cinema (right)
Damage done to two of Lime Street's cinemas on the night of the 3rd/4th May 1941
USS Winston S. Churchill action 150324-N-BD333-120
150324-N-BD333-120 PORTSMOUTH, England – Theodore Roosevelt Carrier Strike Group leadership and Sailors from the Arleigh-Burke class guided missile destroyer USS Winston S. Churchill tour the Churchill War Roo... More
Former St Luke's Church (The Bombed Out Church), Berry Street, Liverpo...
Former St Luke's Church (the "Bombed-out Church"), Berry Street, Liverpool, Merseyside, England.
Former St Luke's Church (The Bombed Out Church), Berry Street, Liverpo...
Former St Luke's Church (the "Bombed-out Church"), Berry Street, Liverpool, Merseyside, England.
Former St Luke's Church (The Bombed Out Church), Berry Street, Liverpo...
Former St Luke's Church (the "Bombed-out Church"), Berry Street, Liverpool, Merseyside, England.
St Lukes Bombed Out Church Liverpool
St Lukes Church, Liverpool - viewed from south west
Royal Visit to Coventry, February 1942
King George VI and Queen Elizabeth return to the ruins of Coventry Cathedral, 25 February 1942
Coventry after the blitz - RAF - 1948
"The effects of the Coventry Blitz can be seen in 1948, with the ruined cathedral at the centre of the photo". See also [1]
Coventry Cathedral Tower East Panorama
View east from the west tower of Coventry Cathedral, across the ruined nave of the old cathedral toward Coventry University
Coventry Cathedral ruins
Inside the ruined nave of Coventry Cathedral, looking east to the apsidal chancel
Coventry spires
Holy Trinity parish church (left) and the tower and spire of St Michael's Cathedral (right) in central Coventry, England
Coventry Cathedral Tower North Panorama
View north from the tower of Coventry Cathedral, towards Pool Meadow. On the left is Holy Trinity parish church. On the right is the new cathedral.
U.S. wounded soldiers attend Mother's Day services in blitzed Coventry...
U.S. wounded soldiers attend Mother's Day services in blitzed Coventry Cathedral, England. Men are patients in nearby convalescent hospitals. Mayor of Coventry attended ceremony. May 13, 1945. T3c. A. Ciss... More
Templechurch 2
Temple Church Bristol. Taken by Rod Ward 16th August 2006
Templar church outline in Temple Church, Bristol
Outline of Templar circular church within Temple Church ruins, Bristol.
Temple Church interior view
Interior view of Temple Church, Bristol.
St Mary le Port Church, Bristol
St Mary le Port Church, Bristol
Templechurchgateway
Gateway to Temple Church, Bristol. Taken by Rod Ward 16th August 2006
Templechurchwall
South wall of Temple Church, Bristol. Taken by Rod Ward 16th August 2006
Castle.park.bristol.arp
Looking across Castle Park in central Bristol, England, from a tethered passenger balloon at 500 feet. The ruined church, St. Peter’s, was gutted by enemy action in 1940. The channeled River Avon (called the Fl... More
Saint peters ruined church in bristol england arp
Looking across Castle Park in central Bristol, England, from a tethered passenger balloon at 500 feet. The ruined church, St. Peter’s, was gutted by enemy action in 1940. The channeled River Avon (called the Fl... More
Bridge Street, Belfast (38704444290)
Photographs from a report compiled by the Ministry of Public Security on the air raids on Belfast and their aftermath. Creator: Ministry of Public Security, records of the Cabinet Secretariat Date: 1941 Origina... More
Antrim Road, Belfast (40472048502)
Photographs from a report compiled by the Ministry of Public Security on the air raids on Belfast and their aftermath. Creator: Ministry of Public Security, records of the Cabinet Secretariat Date: 1941 Origina... More
Bridge Street blitz merge (34368757432)
Creator: Ministry of Public Security, records of the Cabinet Secretariat Merge by Garreth Montgomery, PRONI Archive Photographer, May 2017 Date: 1941/2017 Original Format: Photographic print Description: Belfa... More
Corner of York Street and Lower Donegall Street, Belfast (38704444180)
Photographs from a report compiled by the Ministry of Public Security on the air raids on Belfast and their aftermath. Creator: Ministry of Public Security, records of the Cabinet Secretariat Date: 1941 Origina... More
High Street and Bridge Street, Belfast (26643662588)
Photographs from a report compiled by the Ministry of Public Security on the air raids on Belfast and their aftermath. Creator: Ministry of Public Security, records of the Cabinet Secretariat Date: 1941 Origina... More
Donegall Place, Belfast (26643662598)
Photographs from a report compiled by the Ministry of Public Security on the air raids on Belfast and their aftermath. Creator: Ministry of Public Security, records of the Cabinet Secretariat Date: 1941 Origina... More
Waring Street Blitz merge (33719059713)
Creator: Ministry of Public Security, records of the Cabinet Secretariat Merge by Garreth Montgomery, PRONI Archive Photographer, May 2017 Date: 1941/2017 Original Format: Photographic print Description: Belfa... More
Soldier on Bridge Street, Belfast Blitz merge (33719058373)
Creator: Ministry of Public Security, records of the Cabinet Secretariat Merge by Garreth Montgomery, PRONI Archive Photographer, May 2017 Date: 1941/2017 Original Format: Photographic print Description: Belfa... More
Allied Invasion Force
Allied invasion plans and German positions in Normandy. Deutsch: Alliierte Invasionspläne und deutsche Positionen zur Invasion in der Normandie.
York Street, Belfast (26643662608)
Photographs from a report compiled by the Ministry of Public Security on the air raids on Belfast and their aftermath. Creator: Ministry of Public Security, records of the Cabinet Secretariat Date: 1941 Origina... More
Antrim Road corner of Duncairn Gardens, Belfast (38704444360)
Photographs from a report compiled by the Ministry of Public Security on the air raids on Belfast and their aftermath. Creator: Ministry of Public Security, records of the Cabinet Secretariat Date: 1941 Origina... More
Bridge Street, Belfast (40472048262)
Photographs from a report compiled by the Ministry of Public Security on the air raids on Belfast and their aftermath. Creator: Ministry of Public Security, records of the Cabinet Secretariat Date: 1941 Origina... More
York Street post-Belfast blitz - merge (34488232446)
Creator: Ministry of Public Security, records of the Cabinet Secretariat Merge by Garreth Montgomery, PRONI Archive Photographer, May 2017 Date: 1941/2017 Original Format: Photographic print Description: Belfa... More
Boeing B-17G 2 BG dropping bombs
A U.S. Army Air Force Boeing B-17G-50-VE Flying Fortress (s/n 44-8167, built by Lockheed) of the 15th Air Force, 2nd Bomb Group, 96th Bomb Squadron, dropping its bombs in 1944/45. The 2nd BG was based at Amend... More
Bombentreffer auf Pirna 3. Reich US Air Force Kleinhafen Rathaus
Bild vom Zentrum an Elbebrücke mit Zerstörungen der Bahnanlagen und Brücke und besonders der Klosterstraße. Tiefflieger haben die Kinder begrüßt, die teils aus dem Luftschutzkellern gerannt waren und von Eltern... More
A-26 Invader over Germany in 1945
A-26 Invader attack aircraft dropping bombs on the Siegfried Line.
1945-03-14 401st Bomb Group of US Air Force drop bombs on Lohne, Germa...
March 14, 1945. The 401st Bomb Group of the US Army Air Forces drop their bombs on the railroad marshalling yard and road junction at Lohne, Germany. Deutsch: 14. März 1945. Die 401. Bomb Group der US Army ... More
B-17G formation on bomb run
Boeing B-17G formation bomb drop. Closest aircraft (SO-H) is B-17G-70-DL (S/N 44-6898) of the 384th Bomb Group, 547th Bomb Squadron. Русский: Группа Boeing B-17G над целью. Ближайший самолет (SO-H) - B-17G-70... More
The Crossbow network january 1944
A World War II map shows the two areas where the Germans were setting up their secret "V" weapons to bombard England (right, center). These are the areas in which the Royal Air Force and 8th Air Force heavy bo... More
Destroyed bridge at Bullay, Germany, in 1945 (193769704)
View of the two-deck, rail and road bridge at Bullay, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, which crosses the Moselle River. The bridge was destroyed by a flight of four Republic P-47D Thunderbolts of the 368th Fight... More
Bombentreffer auf Pirna 3. Reich US Air Force
Bild vom Zentrum an Elbebrücke mit Zerstörungen der Bahnanlagen und Brücke und besonders der Klosterstraße. Tiefflieger haben die Kinder begrüßt, die teils aus dem Luftschutzkellern gerannt waren und von Eltern... More
Aerial view of the destroyed bridge at Bullay, Germany, in 1945 (19376...
Aerial view of the two-deck rail and road bridge at Bullay, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, which crosses the Moselle River, in 1945. The bridge was destroyed by a flight of four Republic P-47D Thunderbolts of ... More
Aerial of ruined St Peter's Church, Bristol, England arp
Looking across Castle Park in central Bristol, England, from a tethered passenger balloon at 500 ft (150 m). St. Peters was gutted by enemy action on November 24/25 1940. The channeled River Avon (called the Fl... More
End of Helgoland Bombing
Image of Helgoland after allied bombing in 1945.