[PIC GALLERY] Aerial Photography WWII

[Louis]

B-24 shot down over Germany / 1944

 

[Louis]

 

[Louis]

Melsbroek airport in Belgium after bombing, aug. 1944.

 

[Louis]

Aerial photo of bombing damage to the city of Brunswick, Germany, 1945.

 

[Louis]

Hiroshima (1946), almost one year after the atomic bomb burst there on Aug 6.

 

[Gunner]

Devastating picture Louis.
Thanks for posting.

 

[Louis]

The fort at Rutbah under attack from Bristol Blenheims. On May 9, 1941, at Fort Rutbah, Iraq, the RAF bombs the fort and loses a plane to small-arms fire.

 

[Gunner]

There's a target that stands right out.

 

[Louis]

Allied bombing of a railway bridge between Florence / Rome in Italy.

 

[Gunner]

Oddball : [looking at aerial pics of the a remaining bridge] Beautiful.

Moriarty : suppose the bridge ain't there?

Oddball : [groans] Don't hit me with them negative waves so early in the morning. Think the bridge will be there and it will be there. It's a mother, beautiful bridge, and it's gonna be there. Ok?

Oddball : [Later: Oddball is looking through binoculars at the bridge] Still up!

Oddball : [planes fly and bomb the bridge] ... No it ain't. See what sending out them negative waves did, Moriarty?

Moriarty : That ain't my fault, Oddball, I've done nothing but have good thoughts about that damn bridge ever since we left!

 

[Nort]

 

[Louis]

Aerial view of dummies set up at Anrath, Germany.

 

[Louis]

On June 24, 1941, a German air force Junkers for 80 minutes flew over Palestine and Transjordan. It photographed Tel Aviv, the Jordan Valley, Tiberias and an airport near Amman. Near Lake Kinneret, the German decipherer marked the site of a seaplane landing strip south of Tiberias. On the way back, the pilot also photographed Haifa, where British anti-aircraft operators tried to hit the plane, which evaded them and returned to occupied Greece.

 

[Louis]

Aerial view from a German Focke Wulf 189 named "Uhu" reconnaissance aircraft on Russian tanks, May, 1942.

 

[Gunner]

Curious about the 189....

"The Focke-Wulf Fw 189 Uhu ("Eagle Owl") is a German twin-engine, twin-boom, three-seat tactical reconnaissance and army cooperation aircraft. It first flew in 1938 (Fw 189 V1), entered service in 1940 and was produced until mid-1944."

Focke-Wulf Fw 189 Uhu - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[Louis]

Betio, Tarawa Atoll, 24 Nov 1943.

 

[Louis]

Aerial photo of an Allied air raid on Palermo, 1943.

 

[Louis]

Rare relief of zig zag Japanese trenches on Engebi Island (Marshall Island area) 1944.

 

[Louis]

From above, Dec 10, 1941. An aerial view (colorized) of Battleship Row moorings on the southern side of Ford Island, three days after the attack on Pearl Harbor. In upper left is the sunken California, with smaller vessels clustered around her. Diagonally, from left center to lower right are: Maryland, lightly damaged, with the capsized Oklahoma outboard. A barge is alongside Oklahoma, supporting rescue efforts. Tennessee, lightly damaged, with the sunken West Virginia outboard. Arizona, sunk, with her hull shattered by the explosion of the magazines below the two forward turrets. Note dark oil streaks on the harbor surface, originating from the sunken battleships.

 

[Louis]

Ruins of Hiroshima Castle, 1945.
The Hiroshima Castle was built at the end of the 16th century. The castle tower, which remained until before WW2, was once destroyed by the atomic bomb. Yep, the castle collapsed from the atomic bombing of the city and all that remained were the stone walls and moat. But the castle was reconstructed to its former appearance and is loved by local residents as a symbol of Hiroshima.