Raid Collection (page 10)

WW1 - British seaplanes in action, Cuxhaven, Germany, 1915
WW1 - Seven British seaplanes flying towards their first real oversea air raid. The British naval pilots on a mission to bomb various enemy naval works in Cuxhaven, Germany, 1915. Date: 1915

Bombardment of Scarborough - German navy gun-crew
The raid on Scarborough took place on 16th December 1914. It was an attack by the Imperial German Navy on the British seaport town. German gun-crew are pictured in action from their warship

North American B-25 departing USS Hornet on Tokyo raid, April 1942

North American B-25B Mitchell -seen ranged on USS Hornet prio to Jimmy Doolittles daring Tokyo raid of April 1942

Liore 70 -only 8 of these built for the French Navy, with all but one destroyed in an air raid during June 1940

Consolidated B-24, 4299949, on Freidrichshafen raid

Boeing B-29 Enola Gay landing back on Tinian-Marianas after Hiroshima raid, 5 Aug 1945

Special Constables in tin hats, Illustrated War News, WW1
Ready for air raid duty, three special constables on the home front pose for a photograph in " tin hats." Date: 1917

Sphere cover - Air Raid over London
Front cover of The Sphere showing civilians in London during the air raid of 7 July 1917, taking shelter in what looks like a church doorway as a police officer looks skyward to check on whether

Reopening of the Little Theatre, 1920
Feature in The Sphere reporting on the reopening of the Little Theatre, Adelphi, London which opened its doors in 1920 after it had been destroyed in a bombing raid on 4 September 1917

Digging an air raid shelter Date: 1936

Air raid shelter Date: 1936

Ruined houses at Bury St Edmunds following air raid, 1915
Firemen on the ruins of houses destroyed at Bury St Edmunds in Suffolk by incendiary bombs dropped in an air raid in 1915. Date: 1915

Take Cover warning the sign during World War I
A car with the sign, Take Cover warning the public of an imminent air raid attack. Date: 1914-18

WW2 Christmas card, Tin Hats and the different people who wear them. Date: 1939

WW2 Christmas card, air raid wardens on bicycles
WW2 Christmas card, two air raid wardens on bicycles. Date: circa 1942

WW2 birthday card, dog cartoon
WW2 birthday card (inside), cartoon by Richardson, a dog inside its kennel with sandbags piled up all around. Date: circa 1942

WW2 birthday card, All Clear! Rabbits, bird and squirrel. Date: circa 1942

WW2 Christmas card, air raid
WW2 Christmas card, keeping calm in an air raid. Date: circa 1942

WW2 Christmas card, ARP (Air Raid Precautions). The message inside reads: England expects every man will do his duty. Date: circa 1942

Group photo, Air Raid Wardens, WW2
Group photo, Air Raid Wardens in Tasburgh Street, Grimsby, Lincolnshire. Date: circa 1941-1943

WW2 Christmas card, dog in wardens helmet
WW2 Christmas card, dog in an air raid wardens tin helmet. Date: 1941

WW2 birthday card, air raid shelter
WW2 birthday card with an air raid shelter (ARP, Civil Defence). Date: circa 1942

WW2 Christmas card, air raid shelter scene
WW2 Christmas card, scene of celebration in an air raid shelter (ARP, Civil Defence). Date: circa 1942

WW1 - Ad for repirators - threat of gas attack by Zeppelins
WW1 - Advertisement for Freers Repirators from Cooper & Son of King Street, Gravesend, to counter the threat of attack by poison gas bombs, dropped from Zeppelins during an air raid. Date: circa 1915

Scotland Yard raiding nightclubs, 1928
Two officers disguised in evening dress take the details of two guests at a night club they are raiding. Raids on London nightclubs were frequent during the First World War

WW1 - Primitive Royal Air Force Bombers and Hangars
WW1 - Primitive Royal Air Force Bombers and their targets - the Zeppelin Sheds in Dusseldorf. The picture shows 1) The Zeppelin shed at Bickendorf, 2) The Zeppelin shed at Dusseldorf, 3) An air-bomb

POSADA, Jos頇uadalupe (1852-1913). Printed songs
POSADA, Jos頇 uadalupe (1852-1913). Printed songs 1901. En alta mar (Waltz) and Dance of the forty-one. Zinc engraving printed in the press of A. Vanegas Arroyo

The Raid, by Bairnsfather
The Raid " Bert! Its our officer!" A cartoon by Captain Bruce Bairnsfather in The Bystander. During a night raid, Old Bill and Bert discover the body of their comrade Date: 1918

19 ? by Bruce Bairnsfather
19..? No! This isn t an air-raid bomb bother. Only his grandson Harold, aged eight, has just asked Old Bill what he did in the great war. Date: 1917

Monument commemorating Zeebrugge raid, Belgiuim
Monument commemorating the three British ships and men lost in the Zeebrugge raid of 23 April 1918: HMS Vindictive, Iphigenia and Thetis

The Limit, WW1 cartoon by Heath Robinson
Mrs Blennernuggit: " Well, now, I DO call that rude! And so many aeroplanes about, too!" A lady in her bath is surprised by a sudden air raid during the First World War. Date: 1918

Sphere cover - British plane caught by German gun fire
A British aeroplane, caught making a daring raid over enemy lines and flying very low to drop bombs on German entrenched troops, is fired on by a machine gun as well as several rifles

Sphere cover - Zeebrugge raid, crew fix Union flag, WW1
Men from HMS Vindictive during the Zeebrugge Raid pictured fixing the Union flag on the mole before returning to their ship

Zeebrugge - Petty Officer Reed rescuing Lieutenant Alleyn
One of the eight actions which earned the Victoria Cross during the Zeebrugge Raid of 1918. Petty-officer Reed found Lieutenant Sir John Alleyne was unable to leave the conning tower on board

Milkmaid Cream advertisement, WW1
Great War-themed advertisement for Milkmaid Cream - " can by whipped but can t be beaten" showing two young women scoffing a tin quickly alongside the caption

British raid on German lines through poison gas
A British bombing party makes a raid on German lines through clouds of poison gas. Both sides are wearing their own versions of gas masks - the British version looking somewhat more primitive

WW1 Womens Joy Loan Day 1919
A souvenir in commemoration of the Womens Joy Loan Day celebrations in Trafalgar Square, Saturday, 28th June 1919. This included a procession leaded by Lady St. Helier and others

Finnish boy scout as ARP warden, Helsinki, WW2
Finnish boy scout as ARP warden at the headquarters of the Finnish Boy Scouts Association, Helsinki. Date: circa 1940s

Suffragette Raid on the House. Dog sleeps soundly in his kennel, unaware that three kittens, one with a VFW flag, are on the attack. A play on words. Date: circa 1909

Air Raid Warning - Take Cover, WW1
Side view of a motor car driven by a special constable with a sign informing the public of the all clear following an air raid

A bomb shelter built in London, WW1
Children posed by the doorway of a bomb shelter built by a man (a City merchant according to The Graphic) to provide protection for his family during air raids in 1917

Blitz in London -- extricating a casualty, WW2
Blitz in London -- rescue personnel extricating a casualty from debris following an air raid. Date: 1940s

Sir Ernest Gowers watching rescue operations, WW2
Sir Ernest Gowers (1880-1966), civil servant in charge of Civil Defence in London, watching rescue operations during the Second World War. Date: 1940s

NFS personnel helping evacuees, St Pancras, WW2
NFS personnel helping evacuees board a train at St Pancras railway station, 14 July 1944, as part of an evacuation exercise during a period of bombing. Date: 1944

NFS personnel unloading luggage, St Pancras, WW2
NFS personnel helping to unload luggage from buses onto trolleys outside St Pancras railway station, 14 July 1944, as part of an evacuation exercise during a period of bombing. Date: 1944

NFS firefighter helping evacuees, St Pancras, WW2
NFS firefighter handing a baby to its mother after she is safely installed in a railway carriage at St Pancras railway station, 14 July 1944

NFS personnel loading luggage, St Pancras, WW2
NFS personnel helping to load luggage from a trolley onto a train at St Pancras railway station, 14 July 1944, as part of an evacuation exercise during a period of bombing. Date: 1944

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