mail_outline sales@mediastorehouse.com
WW1 - Home Front - Daylight Air Raid - Damage to GPO, LondonWW1 - Home Front - Daylight Air Raid - Damage to the General Post Office building, London. Date: 1917
WW1 - Home Front - Naval Raid on Scarborough - shell damage on the lighthouse. Date: 1914
WW2 - RAF Bombing raid over Germany - stylised image of a party of Vickers Wellingtons. Date: circa 1941
WW2 - Home Front - Young Blitz victim with his cuddly Toy, salvaged from the wreckage of his bombed-out home. Date: circa 1941
WW2 birthday card, blackout sceneWW2 birthday card with blackout scene. Date: circa 1942
Ruins of Queens Hall, Langham Place, London, WW2Ruins of the Queens Hall, a concert hall in Langham Place, London, following a WW2 air raid. 1941
Entrance to public dug out bomb shelter in Margate, WW1The entrance to a public dug-out in Trinity Square, Margate, Kent, designed to offer underground safety to members of the public during air raids during the First World War
Blitz in London -- Lewisham High Street, WW2Blitz in London -- bomb damage near the Clock Tower in Lewisham High Street, SE13, 18 September 1940. Date: 1940
Blitz in London -- firefighters in action with hose, WW2Blitz in London -- a group of firefighters in action with a hosepipe, surrounded by rubble. Date: 1940s
Blitz in London -- Taylors Depository, SouthwarkBlitz in London -- furniture removed from Taylors Great Central Depository in St Georges Road, Southwark, on 31 January 1941, and piled up in the street
Blitz in London -- Vauxhall Bridge Road, WW2Blitz in London -- Vauxhall Bridge Road, 17 September 1940. with debris following an air raid, and men at work clearing up. Date: 1940
Blitz in London -- bombed out pub, WW2Blitz in London -- a bombed out pub, The White Hart in Windmill Street, near Tottenham Court Road, on 30 March 1941. View of the front of the building, with a sheet across the ground floor. Date: 1941
Blitz in London -- Tyler Street, Greenwich, WW2Blitz in London -- drapers shop in Tyler Street, near Trafalgar Road, East Greenwich, SE10, damaged by an incendiary bomb on 7 September 1940. Date: 1940
Blitz in London -- Kennington Park Road, WW2Blitz in London -- junction of Kennington Park Road and Harleyford Road, damaged by a high explosive bomb on 22 March 1944. Date: 1944
Blitz in London -- Duke Street, Strand, WW2Blitz in London -- fire crews at work with hosepipes in Duke Street, off the Strand, 17 April 1941. Date: 1941
Blitz in London -- Balham High Road, WW2Blitz in London -- a bus in a bomb crater over an underground station in Balham High Road, SW London, 14 October 1940. Date: 1940
Cat-Moo-Flage by William Heath RobinsonAn intelligent use of camouflage for exposed positions in the metropolitan area. A not entirely practical solution for foiling enemy raiders during the First World War. Date: 1918
Damage to Canterbury during WW2 - Baedeker Blitz" Canterbury under fire" - Damage sustained by bombing on the city by German planes of the luftwaffe during WW2
Blitz in London -- view from St Pauls Cathedral, WW2A view from the roof of St Pauls Cathedral, looking eastwards, showing the devastation following enemy bombing around the cathedral and in Ludgate Hill
NFS (London Region) damaged Shoreditch fire engine, WW2The pump escape from Shoreditch fire station (36 A 1) arrives at Lambeth workshops after extensive damage was caused following a bomb blast
V2 rocket attack on Manor Park, East London, WW2A woman is rescued after a V2 rocket attack in Manor Park. Although many such amazing rescues took place, hundreds of Londoners died in these attacks launched in the latter stages of WW2
NFS (London Region) Aldwych V1 bombing attack, WW2The aftermath of a V1 flying bomb attack on the Air Ministry in the Aldwych, that killed 48 people
Blitz in the City of London - Queen Victoria Street, WW2London firemen getting some respite from the intense heat generated from a fire burning out of control in Queen Victoria Street following a bombing raid and incendiary attack, 10-11 May 1941
Blitz in London -- Cobbs Corner, Sydenham, WW2Blitz in London -- firefighters damping down the remains of shops and dwellings in the aftermath of an incendiary bomb attack at Cobbs Corner, Sydenham, SE London
Blitz in London -- Chiesmans, Lewisham High Street, WW2Blitz in London -- a firefighter, wearing an oilskin coat, damping down the aftermath of an incendiary bomb attack on Chiesmans depository in Lewisham High Street, SE13
Blitz in London -- bombing in Charlton, WW2Blitz in London -- aftermath of bombing at St Pauls Church, Fairfield Road, Charlton, London SE7
Show girl to ARP warden, 1939Miss Judy McCrea, a show girl at the Windmill Theatre, London fulfilling her other role as an air raid warden in Paddington in October 1939. Date: 1939
German Gotha G. V heavy bomber, WW1A German Gotha G.V heavy bomber, introduced in 1917 and used during the latter part of the First World War, mostly for night bombing. Bombs can be seen attached to the undercarriage. 1917-1918
Old Bill and Co by Bruce BairnsfatherAn ARP warden stands on a rooftop during a very lively air raid and looks down a chimney pot with his binoculars telling those hiding inside, I said, I reckon its time you went to the shelter. 1940
The Raid from Mars, Amazing Stories SciFi Magazine CoverThe Raid from Mars - Martians raid Earth in search of radium
10942552Boeing B-29 crash landing on retrun from raid, Saipan, 9 July 1945
Southern Railway FiremenFirefighters working for Southern Railway spray water onto the roof of a train. Southern Railway employed eighty A.F.S. men in order to fight fires caused by Luftwaffe incendiary bombs. 1940
Taking Shelter in Piccadilly Circus Underground StationCrowds seek refuge in Piccadilly Circus Underground Station during a Luftwaffe air raid. 1940
Sleeping in the Shelters, 1940The Bystander depicts a range of different sleeping arrangements during night-time stays in air-raid shelters. On the top-left (Lansdowne House shelter) women can be seen resting on li-los, rugs
Air raid on Oxford StreetThe front cover of The Bystander features a shop assistant rescuing two mannequins after an Oxford Street department store is hit by a Luftwaffe bombing raid
Commando raid on Vaagso, Operation Archery 1941Operation Archery, also known as the Maaloy Raid - British Combined Operations raid during World War Two against German positions on the island of Vaagso, Norway, on 27th December 1941
Diagram of the German Super-Zeppelin 1916New improved at the time Super-Zeppelin, giving increased speed, additional strength and greater handiness in movement. Able to release 60 bombs with sliding hatch beneath. 1916
Chislehurst caves during WWIIChislehurst caves, Kent, during WWII. Mothers in bunks and babies in cots deep underground in their cave shelter. 1944
Fire Over London - Story of The London Fire Service - WW2WW2 - Fire Over London - The Story of The London Fire Service 1940-41. Fire Boats in Action on the River Thames, dealing with extensive warehouse fires. Date: 1941
Woman police officer in air raid helmet, London, WW2Portrait photo of a woman police officer wearing an air raid helmet in London during the Second World War. Date: 1940s
Group of six women police officers in London, WW2Group of six women police officers, one of them a sergeant, wearing air raid helmets and carrying canvas bags in London during the Second World War. Date: 1940s
Two women police officers in London, WW2Two women police officers on duty wearing air raid helmets on a London street during the Second World War. They are WPCs Ivy Baxter and Beatrice Gargrave (both joined June 1937). Date: 1940s
WW2 poster, In an air raid, what motorists must doWW2 Civil Defence poster, In an air raid, what motorists must do, by day, at night. Date: early 1940s
Bed type air raid shelter, WW2A bed type air raid shelter used during the Second World War, by Robert Morris Ltd of Farnworth, near Bolton. Date: 1940s
WW1 - Zeppelins raiding over Paris, France, 1915WW1 - An illustration depicting the terror of zeppelins dominating the sky in an air raid at night over Paris, France. Searchlights beam from the city below, marking the zeppelins
Consolidated B-24D Liberator of 93rd Bomb Group flew the costly 1 Aug 1943 Ploesti raid
Boeing B-29 Enola Gay Paul Tibbetts and (on the ground) crew back on Tinian Marianas after Hiroshima raid, 5 Aug 1945
German bombardment of Hartlepool during World War IAn attack by the Germans on Hartlepool during World War I which missed its main target and killed many civilians. Date: 1914
