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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
WW2 Christmas card, two air raid sheltersWW2 Christmas card (inside), two air raid (Anderson) shelters and their occupants. Date: circa 1942
WW2 Christmas card, family in air raid shelterWW2 Christmas card, a family in an air raid (Anderson) shelter in their garden. Date: circa 1942
WW2 greetings card, rabbit ARP wardenWW2 greetings card, a rabbit ARP warden with a torch. Date: circa 1942
WW2 Christmas card, cat in air raid shelterWW2 Christmas card, showing a black cat in an air raid shelter -- Christmas As Usual. Date: circa 1942
Suffragette W. S. P. U Hammer BroochSuffragette brooch or badge in the shape of a hammer, inscribed on the head, March 1912. The silver brooch was presented to those W.S.P.U members who had smashed windows for the cause
Blitz in London -- Standish Road, Hammersmith, WW2Blitz in London -- repairing a fractured water main in Standish Road, King Street, Hammersmith, 4 September 1940. A bomb-damaged house can be seen, top left. Date: 1940
Blitz in London -- typical bomb site, WW2Blitz in London -- typical bomb site full of rubble following an air raid. Date: 1940s
Blitz in London -- Ricardo Street School, WW2Blitz in London -- Ricardo Street School, East London, being used as a fire sub-station, received a direct hit from a high explosive bomb on 1 November 1940
Blitz in London -- Invicta Road, Westcombe Park, WW2Blitz in London -- firefighters join Heavy Rescue teams and ARP squads who are searching for casualties and bodies after a heavy explosive bomb devastated buildings in Invicta Road, Westcombe Park
Blitz in London -- Cannon Street fire station, WW2Blitz in London -- Cannon Street fire station in the City damaged by bombing, 16 April 1941. The words dangerous wall have been chalked up. Date: 1941
Blitz in London -- Kings Cross Road, WW2Blitz in London -- blast damage to a shop in Kings Cross Road, 18 June 1943. Date: 1943
Blitz in London -- Holy Trinity Church, Hounslow, WW2Blitz in London -- fire at Holy Trinity Church in High Street, Hounslow, 1 June 1943, with a view of the organ. Date: 1943
Blitz in London -- fire damage at Docks, WW2Blitz in London -- fire damage at the Docks, with billowing smoke, on 7 September 1940. Date: 1940
Blitz in City of London -- scene in Old Street, WW2Blitz in the City of London -- scene in Old Street after an air raid on 7 September 1940, with rubble in the roadway and a smoky atmosphere. Date: 1940
Blitz in London -- gas works, Old Kent Road, WW2Blitz in London -- firefighters in action with hoses at a gas works, Old Kent Road, SE London, on 7 September 1940. Date: 1940
Blitz in London - night scene, WW2Blitz in London - a night scene, with blazing fire, smoke, debris, and firefighters in silhouette. Date: 1940s
Blitz in London -- Britannia Row, Islington, WW2Blitz in London -- firefighters in action at the premises of Hill & Co, Britannia Row, Islington, damaged by bombing on 22 March 1944. General view at the rear of the building. Date: 1944
Blitz in London -- ladders and rubble, WW2Blitz in London -- ladders and rubble in a street. Date: 1940s
Blitz in London -- Shoe Lane, WW2Blitz in London -- men at work with hosepipes in Shoe Lane, City of London, during the Second World War. Date: 1940s
Blitz in London -- John Lewis, Oxford Street, WW2Firefighters at work in in Londons main shopping district, Oxford Street, W1, after high explosive and incendiary bombs caused widespread damage
Blitz in London -- off Whitechapel Road, WW2Blitz in London -- men at work inside a damaged building off Whitechapel Road, East London, where six people were killed, 4 September 1940. Date: 1940s
Scene in Poplar High Street during the Blitz, WW2Scene in Poplar High Street during the Blitz, Second World War, 29 January 1944. Showing a blazing gas main and building from which several trapped people were recovered. Date: 1944
German bomber crashed on house, Bromley, Kent, WW2The remains of a German bomber which crashed on house in Johnson Road, Bromley, Kent, during the Second World War (9 November 1940)
Blitz in London -- Westminster Bridge Road, WW2Blitz in London -- firefighters in action with hoses at John Oakey & Sons, Westminster Bridge Road. The building is at risk, as the wall is bulging. Date: 1940s
Blitz in London -- Barking Power Station, WW2Blitz in London -- bomb damage at Barking Power Station, with a hand pointing to a crack in the tank of a transformer. Date: 1940s
Blitz in London -- St Cyprians Church, Brockley, WW2Blitz in London -- St Cyprians Church, Adelaide Road (now Adelaide Avenue), Brockley, SE London, destroyed by bombing in September 1940. Date: 1940
Searchlights looking for Zeppelins over London, WW1Searchlights throwing up shafts of light over the London skyline in September 1914, on the look out for German Zeppelin aircraft
Bomb dropping apparatus of German Aviators 1915German avaitors in The Roland biplane bomber. This diagram shows observer operating the pedal board to release the plate in the floor of the fuselage, ready for bombs to be dropped
Anarchist ParacutistA parachutist escapes from the Attila - the aptly-named flying machine of the evil- minded anarchist Hartmann - while on a bombing raid. (Story only guessed at) Date: 1902
Ruins of Moorgate Station, London - Blitz, WW2London under Fire - The ruins of Moorgate Station, London during the Blitz, WW2. Date: circa 1942
