Raid Collection (page 5)

Precautionary camouflaging of tents, September 1939
A group of people camouflage a tent in the countryside to protect it from potential air raids, following the outbreak of the war

German plane wreckage on the outskirts of Warsaw, Sept 1939
A crowd inspects the remnants of a German plane, having been shot down just outside Warsaw as part of the Polish resistance to German invasion, in September 1939. September 1939

Female and male warden conferring in street, Sept 1939
Female warden in a steel helmet reading over the latest regulations with another warden, holding a helmet, in the middle of a busy Westminster street

Steel helmets ready to be packed in factory, September 1939
London factory workers stand behind rows of steel helmets, laid out to be packed for dispatch and issued to air-raid wardens as part of the preparations for war

Two men building an Anderson shelter, September 1939
Two men building an Anderson shelter outside a lodge-keepers house in St. James s, London, just after the outbreak of the war. Date: 1939

Aquatint British Commando Raid 12 September 1942
The memorial plaque is on a wall facing Omaha Beach. A forceof the British Small Scale Raiding Force Commando of 11 men commanded by Major Gus March - Phillips attempted a landing here but came under

Synthaprufe air raid shelters, WW2
Synthaprufe air raid shelters -- operating pedal-driven air filtration plant, 125 cubic feet per minute capacity for 50 persons (top), first stages of construction of a shelter (bottom). 1939

Bugler blowing All Clear after Zeppelin air raid, WW1
Bugler blowing the All Clear after a Zeppelin air raid during the First World War. 1914-1918

Securing a house against air raids, WW1
Securing a house against air raids with sacks of earth to cover the rafters during the First World War. 1914-1918

Storming the Mole at Zeebrugge from HMS Vindictive, WW1
Storming the Mole at Zeebrugge, Belgium, from HMS Vindictive, 23 April 1918, First World War. Known as the Zeebrugge Raid, it was an attempt by the British navy to block the port. 1918

Boston Bombers - RAF Boston Bombers - RAF
Boston Bombers - RAF - American Douglas Aircraft of which Le Havoc is the Night Fighter version. Latest models powered with two 1, 600 H.P. Wright Cyclone Engines. Date: circa 1940s

Poster, British bombs are dropping on Germany, WW2
Poster, British bombs are dropping on Germany with ever increasing weight, Second World War. circa 1940

The Battle of Pacocha - The British Attack Peruvian Ship
The Battle of Pacocha in the Pacific - an engagement between the HMS Shah and HMS Amethyst against the rebel Peruvian ship Huascar off Ilo, on 29th May 1877

WW1 - Hyde Park Corner - converted to mount searchlights
WW1 - Apsley Gate, Hyde Park Corner - converted to mount searchlights to spt attack by German Zeppelins - 16th September, 1914 Date: circa 1914

WW1 - Incendiary dropped in Zeppelin raid on Bury St Edmunds
WW1 - Home Front - The remains of an incendiary bomb which was dropped during a Zeppelin raid on Bury St Edmunds in April 1915. Date: 1915

Arcos House, Moorgate Street, London, offices of Soviet Trading Delegation after a police raid. 1929

A Raid on the Dessert - children at a table

Dambusters - breaching of the Eder dam
Aerial photograph showing the breaching of the Eder Dam by the dambusters raid in May 1943 causing serious flooding through the Ruhr Valley

Sphere cover - The Dambusters raid on German dams
Front cover of The Sphere with an official Air Ministry photograph taken by reconnaissance aircraft on May 18 following the successful raid of the dambusters on the Ruhr Valley dams

Sphere cover - King George VI meets the dambusters
Front cover of The Sphere magazine depicting King George VI closely examining the reconnaissance photographs at a Lancaster station in the North of England accompanied by Wing-Commander Guy Gibson

Guy Gibson and fellow dambusters at Buckingham Palace
Wing-Commander Guy Gibson (centre) and his fellow dambusters of the Mohne and Eder raids pictured at Buckingham Palace having received their honours from Queen Elizabeth

Wing Commander Guy Gibson (Dambusters)
Wing Commander Guy Penrose Gibson, VC, DSO & Bar, DFC & Bar (12 August 1918 19 September 1944), first Commanding Officer of the Royal Air Forces No

The All Clear sounded by bugle after WW1 air raid
All Clear by bugle call: in London after an air-raid. With a boy scout as bugler: a Special Constables car giving the all clear notice after the recent Zeppelin raid on London

British Airmen with a big bomb, 1918
British Airmen of the Royal Air Force pictured examining a large bomb to be taken aloft and dropped. Date: 1918

Anti-nuclear demonstrators at North Pickenham
Members and supporters of the Direct Action Committee Against Nuclear War crouching in front of a lorry leaving a rocket base at North Pickenham, near Swaffham

Blitz in London -- firefighters outside a church, WW2
Blitz in London -- firefighters with vehicle and hosepipes outside a church with an ornate gothic doorway during the Second World War. Date: 1940s

Blitz in London -- Sparricks Row, Southwark, WW2
Blitz in London -- firefighters in action with hoses inside a building in Sparricks Row, Southwark, during the Second World War. Date: circa 1940s

Blitz in London -- ladders and rubble, WW2
Blitz in London -- ladders and rubble in a street at night. Date: 1940s

Blitz in London -- damaged vehicle, WW2
Blitz in London -- a damaged vehicle in a street, surrounded by rubble. Date: 1940s

Blitz in London - night scene, WW2
Blitz in London - a night scene, with blazing fire, smoke, and firefighters in action with hoses, in silhouette. Date: 1940s

Blitz in London -- Balham High Road, WW2
Blitz in London -- a bus in a bomb crater over an underground station in Balham High Road, SW London, 14 October 1940. Date: 1940

Viking Longship
A Viking Longship heading across the sea to plunder and conquer... Date: circa 12th century

The remains of the German zeppelin L-15 sinking off the Kentish coast in 1916. The ship was hit by gun fire during an air-raid the previous night

A messenger runs with the news that a gas main is on fire after an air raid during World War II Date: 1939-1945

A five-storey dwellings heavily damaged by a bomb by a zeppelin attack. Date: 1916

The first German air-raid by three Zeppelins, dropped bombs in Yarmouth, Kings Lynn and near the royal estate at Sandringham in Norfolk, wreaking buildings and killing civilians

Amateur treasure hunters tomb raiding at the Isthmus of Corinth. Date: 1877

A French fleet lands on the Kent coast : although the English generally enjoy naval supremacy in the Channel, occasional French attacks prevent complacency Date: 14th century

Cows Raid Grain Sacks

The German Raid on Scarborough, December 16th 1914
Booklet entitled The German Raid on Scarborough, December 16th 1914. Book

Zeppelin raid on a Grammar School 1916
A bomb damaged a Grammer School in England, after the mass raid by Zeppelin airships of the German Navy Date: 1916

Zeppelin raid on London 1915
Drawing appeared in a German paper showing the latest German zeppelin air-raid over Tower Bridge, London, over night. Date: 17 August 1915

CONVICTS CLEAR RUBBLE
After a German raid on London, convicts are brought from the prisons to clear the rubble - at pistol point ! Date: October 1940

Richard I statue hit during WWII
A bad omen for England ! The sword of King Richard I, on his statue at Westminster, is damaged in the course of a German air raid on London Date: December 1940

The Church of the Pilgrim Fathers, Southwark, London, dedicated to the Pilgrims who travelled to America in the Mayflower in 1620 - destroyed in a German Luftwaffe raid on London. Date: 1941

WW1 - A German propaganda view (unlike this image, the crews of all seven aircraft survived the raid!) of the aerial and naval combat at Cuxhaven, a German North Sea Port. During the First World War

WW1 - Home Front - Zeppelin Raid on Southend - bomb damage
WW1 - Home Front - Zeppelin Raid on Southend - incendiary bomb damage. Date: 1915

WW1 - Home Front - Daylight Air Raid - Damage to GPO, London
WW1 - Home Front - Daylight Air Raid - Damage to the General Post Office building, London. Date: 1917

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