Bombs Collection (page 5)

How the Gotha plane aims its bombs, WW1
Diagram showing how the bomber in a Gotha plane aimed its bombs over Britain during the First World War. To reduce the element of luck

Blitz in City of London -- Newgate Street, WW2
Blitz in the City of London -- a group of firefighters in action in Newgate Street with a hosepipe, perched on a pile of rubble. Date: 1940s

Blitz in London -- Merchant Taylors Hall, WW2
Blitz in the City of London -- Merchant Taylors Hall, part of the premises of the livery company, dating back to the 14th century, hit by a number of incendiary bombs, 18 September 1940

Blitz in London -- training office workers, WW2
Blitz in London -- LFS personnel training office workers in firefighting, 7 June 1941, with a diagram of a typical kilo magnesium electron incendiary bomb pinned to a blackboard. Date: 1941

Blitz on London -- Oxford Street, WW2
Fire crews, using radial branches, extinguishing fires in Londons main shopping district of Oxford Street, W1, after high explosive and incendiary bombs caused widespread damage

Ordeal for horses on the Western Front, 1917
British horses in the back area of the battle zone are terrified by the flash of an exploding bomb leading the cussing guard to round them up and resume control. Date: 1917

Germans routed by Highlanders in offensive near Ypres, 1917
Infantry soldiers of the Highland regiments involved in an offensive against a strong German position, consisting of a ruined brick factory heavily armed with machine guns

Air Raid over Southend, 1917, WW1
An air raid over Southend-on-Sea in Essex on 12 August 1917 in which 10 men, 13 women and 9 children were killed. The raid was destined for London but intercepted by British planes the German

A Night Patrol just leaving their trench. On reverse of postcard - A sketch of a patrol just leaving our trench to visit the enemy lines at night. The Officer is leading

Killed by German Bombs dropped in Poperinghe, Dec 1915
Killed by German Bombs dropped in Poperinghe, Dec. 1915. 386202 Acting Sergeant Herbert Gibson, Mm, 1St Northumbrian Field Ambulance, Royal Army Medical Corps. Born September 1889

Lt George Ivan Carmichael dropping bombs - Menin Station
Lieutenant George Ivan Carmichael (Royal Artillery and Royal Flying Corps) dropping bombs on the rails at Menin Railway Station from a height of only 120 feet

Private W Cheetham bringing up fresh supplies of bombs
Private W. Cheetham (1st Btn. Shropshire Light Infantry) bringing up fresh supplies of bombs under very heavy fire at the crater at Hooge - August 9th 1915

Lance Corporal Joynson drives the enemy back with bombs
Lance Corporal Joynson (1st Btn. Northumberland Fusiliers) heading an attack and driving the enemy back with bombs near Hooge - June 16th 1915

Replica of German shell sold in Berlin, WW1
A British soldier holding a life-size replica card of a German shell, as thrown by big siege guns, complete with photographs of places in which the shells had inflicted particular damage - Liege

German Zeppelin over Antwerp 1914
A German Zeppelin airship over Antwerp, illuminated at night. The diagram shows how it dropped and fired its bombs on the Belgian city. Date: 1914

Convincing by W. Edward Wigfull, WW1
Wife (as bomb explodes): There, John, now will you believe me? I told you I heard the syren (sp.). A couple, still in their bed, suffer the brunt of a German bombs impact

Lady Stradbroke posed with bombs dropped on Henham Hall, WW1
Lady Stradbroke, formerly Helena Fraser and wife of George Rous, 3rd Earl of Stradbroke, pictured in nurses uniform at the family home of Henham Hall in Suffolk contemplating the bombs dropped by

Breaches of the Hague Convention by Heath Robinson, WW1
VII - Tatchoing the British to their Entanglement. Another dastardly idea from the enemy as the Germans fire bombs filled with Tatcho, a famous hair restoring preparation of the time, which

Shortage of ammunitions 1916
During the early months of World War One the British force suffered greatly through shortage of ammunitions. A tremendous drive by Mr

The Professional Touch by Bairnsfather
The Professional Touch " Chuck us out that bag o bombs, mate; its under your ead" A cartoon by Bruce Bairnsfather in The Bystander Date: 1916

Shells in thousands in a recently converted factory 1939
A factory converted into an ammunition production for bomb shells, during the rearmament programme, in a secret location somewhere in the Black Country. 1939

Munitions being loaded onto battleship, WW1
A dockyard scene during the First World War showing munitions being hoisted aboard a battleship. Date: 1915

Enemy aeroplanes attack British steamer by G. H. Davis
Enemy aeroplanes attacking a British steamer. Bombs and bullets from above -- the Avocet attacked by three German planes during the First World War

Rockets and flying bombs by G. H. Davis
Rockets and flying bombs as seaborne weapons of future navies. How wireless-controlled robot projectiles may be carried and operated by capital ships. 1945

What to do in the case of air or sea raids, WW1
What to do in the case of further air or sea raids during the First World War. Showing cross sections of buildings, and photographs of air raid damage to buildings in Kings Lynn

German shell exploding, Western Front, France, WW1
German shell exploding in a field on the Western Front in France during World War One. Date: circa 1916

Roadside explosion, Western Front, WW1
A roadside explosion on the Western Front during World War One. Date: circa 1917

British soldiers with three large shells, WW1
A group of British soldiers with three large shells addressed: To Capt. Fryatts Murderers, on the Western Front during World War One. Date: circa 1916

German stores left behind, Western Front, WW1
German stores of bombs, helmets and other items left behind when they were driven out of Pierre St Divion on the Western Front in France during World War One. Date: circa 1916

British 15-inch shells in transit, Western Front, WW1
British 15-inch shells in transit on a light railway track on the Western Front during World War One. Date: circa 1916

British airmen arming a plane with bombs, WW1
British airmen arming a plane with bombs, on the Western Front in France during World War One. Date: circa 1918

Large RAF aircraft setting off with bombs, WW1
A large RAF aircraft being tuned up before setting off for Germany from the Western Front in France with a bomb load during World War One. Date: circa 1916

Mr Asquith visiting the Western Front, WW1
The British Prime Minister, Herbert Henry Asquith, visiting the Western Front during World War One. He is being shown a bomb dropping device on an aeroplane. Date: circa 1916

Aeroplane in modern warfare by G. H. Davis
The aeroplane in modern warfare: how the aeroplanes of the combatant powers have fared. Left: dropping bombs from an aeroplane onto massed troops below

Shell damage in Hartlepool, WW1
Shell damage to buildings in Hartlepool after a night of bombing during the First World War. Diagrams show the path of a shell, damaging houses and industrial chimneys. 16 December 1914

Britains acoustic shell by G. H. Davis
The acoustic shell: Britains ace killer of flying bombs during the Second World War. The British-invented radio proximity shell, which explodes itself when in lethal range of its target. 1945

British science and ingenuity in war by G. H. Davis
How British science and ingenuity contributed to the defeat of the Germans at sea, on land, and in the air. A few of the many weapons, devices and tactics, both offensive and defensive

Destructive force of flying bomb by G. H. Davis
Blast -- the main destructive force of the flying bomb in use during the Second World War. How and why it creates widespread damage

Bomb launching installations in France by G. H. Davis
Homes of the flying bombs: the layout of launching installations in northern France during the Second World War. They are sometimes camouflaged among woods, or disguised as small villages. Date: 1944

German flying bomb by G. H. Davis
The flying bomb: Germanys latest weapon used against England during the Second World War. Explanatory drawings of the flying robot launched across the Channel to southern England. Date: 1944

Sperry bomb sight in action by G. H. Davis
Precision bombing: the Sperry bomb sight in action during a raid, Second World War. The flight of bombs is controlled by a mechanism guided by a skilled bombardier. Date: 1944

Britains bomb progress by G. H. Davis
Britains bomb progress during the Second World War: from 500-pounder to a 12, 000-pound factory buster. Date: 1944

Allocation of heavy bombers by G. H. Davis
The transport problems that would arise were heavy bombers switched from Britain to the Middle East during the Second World War

German incendiary bombs by G. H. Davis
German incendiary bombs: clockwork and electric types in use during the Second World War. Date: 1941

Aerial minefields by G. H. Davis
Aerial minefields to baffle raiders: a new form of barrage. Major Muirs idea for a minefield of small bombs supported by free balloons. Date: 1939

Night attacks on Germany by G. H. Davis
Background to an 800-bomber raid: the vast organisation behind every big night attack on Germany during the Second World War

Flying Fortresses by G. H. Davis
The deadly teamwork of the Flying Fortresses: massed precision bombing and defence gunnery during the Second World War. Flying in a tight formation designed to give the closest cooperation in attack

Allied Forces activity in German territory, WW1
Two examples of Allied Forces activity in German territory during the early stages of the First World War. Above, debris from a German motor convoy

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