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Bomb Collection (page 9)

Background imageBomb Collection: Blitz in London -- Cavendish Road, Balham, WW2

Blitz in London -- Cavendish Road, Balham, WW2
Blitz in London -- AFS firemen sorting through the debris in the aftermath of a direct hit on their sub-fire station 86W, located at Cavendish Road School, Balham, SW London, 5 November 1940

Background imageBomb Collection: Blitz in London - Firefighters at work with hosepipe, WW2

Blitz in London - Firefighters at work with hosepipe, WW2
Blitz in London - London firefighters damping down after enemy bombing caused serious fires which gutted this steel framed building

Background imageBomb Collection: Wreckage of German bomber on house in Bromley, WW2

Wreckage of German bomber on house in Bromley, WW2
Blitz in London -- inspecting the wreckage of an enemy plane that crashed onto a house in Bromley, Kent

Background imageBomb Collection: Blitz in London -- bomb damage, Peckham Hill Street, WW2

Blitz in London -- bomb damage, Peckham Hill Street, WW2
Blitz in London -- bomb damage at the rear of Peckham Hill Street, SE London

Background imageBomb Collection: Blitz in London -- Tottenham Court Road, WW2

Blitz in London -- Tottenham Court Road, WW2
Blitz in London -- workmen clear out a bomb crater in Tottenham Court Road after an air raid

Background imageBomb Collection: Blitz in London -- Weltje Road, Hammersmith, WW2

Blitz in London -- Weltje Road, Hammersmith, WW2
Blitz in London -- clearing up after an air raid in Weltje Road, Hammersmith, 4 September 1940

Background imageBomb Collection: Blitz in London -- Surrey Docks, Rotherhithe, WW2

Blitz in London -- Surrey Docks, Rotherhithe, WW2
Blitz in London -- roofs of the timber cargo storage areas totally collapsed after the intensity of the fires that devastated the Surrey Commercial Docks, Rotherhithe, SE London

Background imageBomb Collection: Blitz in London -- Surrey Commercial Docks, WW2

Blitz in London -- Surrey Commercial Docks, WW2
Blitz in London -- No.6 Warehouse, Surrey Commercial Docks, Rotherhithe, 7 September 1940. Fire crews in action with five jets and a turntable ladder

Background imageBomb Collection: Blitz in London -- burnt out cargo ship, Rotherhithe, WW2

Blitz in London -- burnt out cargo ship, Rotherhithe, WW2
Blitz in London -- a close up of a burnt out cargo ship in the Surrey Commercial Docks, Rotherhithe, SE London. Firefighters continue to damp down hot-spots of fire within the ship

Background imageBomb Collection: Blitz in London -- aftermath of bombing, Cheapside, WW2

Blitz in London -- aftermath of bombing, Cheapside, WW2
Blitz in London -- the aftermath of a bombing raid on the City of London, with St Pauls Cathedral in the background. A fire brigade trailer pump at work near Cheapside EC4 with firefighters damping

Background imageBomb Collection: Blitz in London -- St Pauls Church, Charlton, SE London

Blitz in London -- St Pauls Church, Charlton, SE London
Blitz in London -- the remains of St Pauls Church, Fairfield Road, Charlton, SE London, 3 September 1940

Background imageBomb Collection: Bomb damage to a building in Ernest Street, London, WW2

Bomb damage to a building in Ernest Street, London, WW2
Bomb damage to a building in Ernest Street, Tower Hamlets, London, E1

Background imageBomb Collection: Morrison shelter WWII

Morrison shelter WWII
World War II. Morrison shelter at Shillingford Street, Islington, London, after bomb strike. Man, woman and child uninjured. 28-29 June 1944 Date: 29th June 1944

Background imageBomb Collection: Bikini attol (in the Pacific ocean). Aerial view of clouds r

Bikini attol (in the Pacific ocean). Aerial view of clouds raised by test explosion of an atomic bomb. Date 1946

Background imageBomb Collection: The exhibit of the car of Gangster Jack Legs Diamond

The exhibit of the car of Gangster Jack Legs Diamond
Queues awaiting entry to the exhibition of the $20, 000 Killer Car ( Direct from New York ) of American Gangster and Bootlegger Jack Legs Diamond (1897-1931) opposite Derrys Clock, 16 George Street

Background imageBomb Collection: Four British Stokes Mortars, used during WW1

Four British Stokes Mortars, used during WW1
Four British Stokes Mortars, used during the First World War. From left to right, they measure 3, 4, 3 and 6 inches respectively

Background imageBomb Collection: bomb crater, cricket pitch / W H Robinson

bomb crater, cricket pitch / W H Robinson
Not even a five foot deep bomb crater on the cricket pitch can stop play when a simple wooden plank will allow the game to continue

Background imageBomb Collection: Bombed Bath - St. Andrews Church Damaged

Bombed Bath - St. Andrews Church Damaged
The centre of Bath, the view from Julian Road showing bomb damage to St. Andrews Church (left) after a German air raid - circa August 1940"

Background imageBomb Collection: Stukas Bomb Moscow

Stukas Bomb Moscow
RUSSIAN FRONT German Stukas raid Moscow - flying over the Kremlin. Date: July 1941

Background imageBomb Collection: American and Canadian troops, WW1

American and Canadian troops, WW1
American and Canadian troops during the First World War. Although America did not join the war officially until April 1917, an American Legion had already gone into action, consisting of 16

Background imageBomb Collection: Unexploded German bomb on display, Italy, WW1

Unexploded German bomb on display, Italy, WW1
Unexploded German bomb on display, Italy, First World War, with an Italian soldier standing alongside. Date: 1914-1918

Background imageBomb Collection: Bomb damage inside a church, Poelkapelle, Belgium, WW1

Bomb damage inside a church, Poelkapelle, Belgium, WW1
Bomb damage inside a church in Poelkapelle, West Flanders, Belgium, during the First World War. Date: circa 1918

Background imageBomb Collection: Warfare in the future - as predicted in 1932

Warfare in the future - as predicted in 1932
An impression of what warfare might look like in 2032, as predicted by The Modern Boy magazine in 1932. It suggests that invading troops might attack via a shell

Background imageBomb Collection: How bombs are dropped from a Zeppelin

How bombs are dropped from a Zeppelin. Sectional view of the central bomb-dropping cabin of a German Zeppelin in World War One, 1915. Date: 1915

Background imageBomb Collection: C. J. Purnell Holding an Incendiary Bomb

C. J. Purnell Holding an Incendiary Bomb
C.J. Purnell, librarian and secretary of the London Library, slept on the premises throughout the Blitz. He here holds up an incendiary bomb that he was able to extinguish before it set light to

Background imageBomb Collection: Vehicle dealing with suspect car, Templemore Avenue, East Be

Vehicle dealing with suspect car, Templemore Avenue, East Be
Photograph of the vehicle dealing with a suspect car in Templemore Avenue, East Belfast, 1977. From a group of four photographs of the remotely-controlled ?Wheelbarrow

Background imageBomb Collection: Men at work on bomb-damaged house

Men at work on bomb-damaged house
Men at work on a bomb-damaged house, just after the end of the Second World War. circa 1946

Background imageBomb Collection: Bombing of Bergues, France, Place de la Republique, WW1

Bombing of Bergues, France, Place de la Republique, WW1
Bombing of Bergues, France, showing the Cafe du Midi in the Place de la Republique, May 1915. Date: 1915

Background imageBomb Collection: Dunkirk, France - bomb damage, WW1

Dunkirk, France - bomb damage, WW1
Dunkirk, France - bomb damage during the First World War, showing the Grand Hotel Pyl (left) and the Cafe Victor (right). Date: 1914-1918

Background imageBomb Collection: Damaged buildings, Braunschweig, Germany

Damaged buildings, Braunschweig, Germany
Damaged buildings in Braunschweig (Brunswick), Lower Saxony, Germany. Date: circa 1946

Background imageBomb Collection: A British bomb on a Turkish fort in Palestine

A British bomb on a Turkish fort in Palestine
Aerial photograph of a British bomb on a Turkish fort in Palestine, avoiding the adjacent town. 1918

Background imageBomb Collection: Dunkirk, France - exterior of Saint Eloi Church, WW1

Dunkirk, France - exterior of Saint Eloi Church, WW1
Dunkirk, France - exterior of Saint Eloi Church after bombing during WW1. 1914-1916

Background imageBomb Collection: Music cover, The Dam Busters March

Music cover, The Dam Busters March, by Eric Coates, arranged for piano solo. 1954

Background imageBomb Collection: WW1 - Damage to Paris following an air raid by Gotha Bombers

WW1 - Damage to Paris following an air raid by Gotha Bombers
WW1 - Damage to Buildings on Rue Lafitte, Paris, France following an air raid by German Gotha Bombers on 8th March, 1918 Date: 1918

Background imageBomb Collection: Dunkirk, France - interior of Saint Eloi Church, WW1

Dunkirk, France - interior of Saint Eloi Church, WW1
Dunkirk, France - interior of Saint Eloi Church after bombing during WW1. Date: 1914-1916

Background imageBomb Collection: Bombing of Bergues - damage to Place Gambetta, WW1

Bombing of Bergues - damage to Place Gambetta, WW1
People clearing a corner of the Place Gambetta, in the French city of Bergues, after damage caused during WW1 bombing of the city. 1914-1915

Background imageBomb Collection: VE Day celebrations: their Majesties visit bomb sites

VE Day celebrations: their Majesties visit bomb sites
A page from The Illustrated London News, showing their Majesties visiting bomb sites and thanksgiving services on VE Day. Date: 8th May 1945

Background imageBomb Collection: WW1 - The Cuxhaven Action - aerial and naval combat

WW1 - The Cuxhaven Action - aerial and naval combat
WW1 - Aerial and naval combat at Cuxhaven, a German North Sea Port. During the First World War. Nordholz Airbase with its airship hangars, near Nordholz to the south of Cuxhaven

Background imageBomb Collection: Memorial Cenotaph and Atomic Bomb Dome, Hiroshima

Memorial Cenotaph and Atomic Bomb Dome, Hiroshima
The Memorial Cenotaph and the Genbaku Domu, Atomic Bomb Dome, in the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park, Hiroshima, Japan commemorating the bombing of Hiroshima at the end of World War II

Background imageBomb Collection: Reflection of the Genbaku Domu, Atomic Bomb Dome, Hiroshima

Reflection of the Genbaku Domu, Atomic Bomb Dome, Hiroshima
Reflection of the Genbaku Domu, Atomic Bomb Dome, in the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park, Hiroshima, Japan commemorating the bombing of Hiroshima at the end of World War II

Background imageBomb Collection: Bomb Disposal School, Bramley, Hampshire

Bomb Disposal School, Bramley, Hampshire, also known as the Army School of Ammunition, run by the Royal Army Ordnance Corps

Background imageBomb Collection: Civil Defence Handbook

Civil Defence Handbook
Advising the Householder on Protection against Nuclear Attack cover

Background imageBomb Collection: American Superfortresses bombing Burma, WW2

American Superfortresses bombing Burma, WW2
American 20th US Bomber Command Superfortresses bombing a Japanese supply depot near Rangoon, Burma, in March 1945 during the Second World War. Date: 1945

Background imageBomb Collection: Civil Defence Handbook, warnings

Civil Defence Handbook, warnings
Civil Defence Handbook, what to do if it happens and warnings

Background imageBomb Collection: Civil Defence Handbook, what to do and life after attack

Civil Defence Handbook, what to do and life after attack
Civil Defence Handbook, what to do immediately after attack and life under fall-out conditions

Background imageBomb Collection: Civil Defence Handbook, continuation of life after attack

Civil Defence Handbook, continuation of life after attack
Civil Defence Handbook, a continuation of life under fall-out conditions

Background imageBomb Collection: Civil Defence Handbook, basic facts continued & protection

Civil Defence Handbook, basic facts continued & protection
Civil Defence Handbook with continued basic facts, and instructions for protection measures in the event of an attack

Background imageBomb Collection: Civil Defence Handbook, warnings continued

Civil Defence Handbook, warnings continued



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