The Snapshots in Time Collection
Gallery: Part 8
Strike-camera photographs from the 498th Bombardment Squadron, 345th Bomb Group, document low-level barge sweeps, parafrag attacks, and raids on Boram airfield and other targets across New Guinea and the Philippines between 1943 and 1945. Wreckage on Ie Shima and handwritten album captions round out a combat record that shows both the results of these missions and how the men who flew them described their war.
Handwritten Album Caption: "Not a Pleasant Sight...Near a Cave on Ie Shima"
Skeletal Remains and Ammunition Crate, Pacific Theater Battlefield, Likely Ie Shima/Okinawa Campaign, 1945
Crowd of American Servicemen Surrounding the Japanese Envoy Bomber, Ie Shima, 19 August 1945
Aerial Strike Photograph, 498th Bombardment Squadron, 345th Bomb Group, Wewak-Boram, New Guinea
498th Bombardment Squadron, 345th Bomb Group — Aerial Strike Photo, Barge Sweep Mission No. 335
B-25 Strike Photograph, Erima Area, New Guinea, 7 January 1944 (498th BS, 345th Bomb Group)
Aerial Strike Photograph Over Jungle Near Wewak, New Guinea
Vertical Aerial Reconnaissance Photo, Sawar-Sarmi Target Area, New Guinea — 498th BS, 345th BG
Aerial Strike Photograph of Boram Airfield, New Guinea, 16 October 1943
Aerial Photograph of Test Bomb Run, Nassau Bay, New Guinea
Strike Photograph, 498th Bomb Squadron Attack on Cape Gloucester, New Britain, 29 December 1943
Strike Photograph — 345th Bombardment Group Attack Near Saidor, New Guinea, 1 January 1944
Aerial View of Jungle Coastline near Wewak, New Guinea — WWII Fifth Air Force Reconnaissance/Strike Photograph
Strike Photo: Bombing Attack on Samah Airdrome, 8th Bomb Squadron, 345th Bomb Group, WWII
Low-Level Strike Photograph, Erima Plantation, New Guinea, 31 December 1943
Strike Photo, Boram Airfield, New Guinea, 498th Bomb Squadron, 345th Bomb Group, 27 September 1943
Parafrag Bombing Strike Photograph, Cabcaben, Bataan Peninsula, Philippines
USAAF Strike Photograph, 498th Bombardment Squadron, 345th Bombardment Group — Toyohara Airdrome
Parafrag Strike Photograph, Toyohara Airdrome
Strike Photo: 498th Bomb Squadron, 345th Bomb Group, Ground Support Mission near Alcala, Luzon
Strike Photograph: 345th Bombardment Group (498th Bomb Squadron) Parafrag Attack on Clark Field, Luzon, Philippines, WWII
Strike Photograph, 498th Bomb Squadron Attack on Byoritsu, Formosa
Low-Level Strike Photograph, B-25 Mitchell Over Industrial Target, Byoritsu, Formosa
Post-Strike Damage Photograph, Byoritsu Industrial Complex, Formosa
Strike Photograph, Rail Yard Attack, Byoritsu Station, Formosa
Anti-Shipping Strike Photograph, Vessel Under Attack Near Coastline
Anti-Shipping Strike Photograph, South China Sea, 6 March 1945
Anti-Shipping Strike Photograph, Swatow-Amoy Shipping Lane, China Coast
Anti-Shipping Strike Photograph, Vessel Attack Near Knick Point
345th Bomb Group Strike Photo: Attack on Japanese Vessel off Amoy/Swatow, China Coast
Anti-Shipping Strike Photograph, Capsized Vessel with Survivors, Swatow-Amoy Vicinity, China Coast
Rakkasan News (Parachute News) No. 6, Page 2 — Allied Psychological Warfare Leaflet, 21 April 1945
Rakkasan News No. 6 - US Psychological Warfare Leaflet Newspaper, April 21, 1945
Deteriorated Aerial Photograph with Aircraft Wing/Shadow, Coastal Settlement
Deteriorated Aerial Photograph from Bomber Aircraft, 345th Bomber Group Album, World War II
Vertical Aerial Reconnaissance Photograph, Urban District (Location Unidentified)
Handwritten Album Caption Page, Possible Reference to Nagasaki (WWII Photo Album Collection, Ie Shima / 345th Bomber Group Materials)
Wrecked Japanese Twin-Engine Aircraft, Tail Code "7-7", Ie Shima Airfield
Aerial View of B-25 Mitchell Bombers in Formation, 345th Bomber Group
Low-Level Aerial Strike Photograph of Coastal Shipping, Pacific Theater, 1945
Handwritten Album Caption: "Nagasaki (2nd Atomic Bomb)" Harbor Note
U.S. Army Air Forces Cargo Glider Being Towed on Airfield Apron
Distant View of Mount Fuji, Japan (Postwar Occupation Period)
Handwritten Album Caption: "This is Fujiyama, the majestic beauty I mentioned"
Aerial Reconnaissance View of Japanese Farmland and Village, WWII
Handwritten Caption Card, Philippines Campaign Battlefield Aftermath Photo, WWII (Ie Shima / 345th Bomber Group Collection)
American Airman and Local Worker Outside Barracks Building, Ie Shima, 345th Bombardment Group, WWII
