Raids Collection (page 5)

Airco Dh-4 War Plane
Gwendoline, an Airco DH-4 bomber, a plane specifically designed for daylight air raids. It first came into service in 1917. Date: circa 1917

Early Danish Warriors
Danish warriors at the time of the early Scandinavian raids on Britain. Date: circa 6th century

RAF navigators map of Frankfurt
Ordance survey map of Germany around Frankfurt, showing the location of Cologne (Koln), Koblenz, Frankfurt and other towns and cities in the area, compiled and drawn at the War Office

Bones Make Explosives - World War II poster
World War Two poster encouraging civilians on the Home Front to save all bones for salvage as they can be made into bombs for the war effort

Air raid damage WWII
Finnish tradesmans van has become a Russian air raid casualty in Helsinki, Finland, during World War II

Filling Sandbags - WW2 Home Front (2 / 4)
World War Two - British Home Front - London. Men and young boys fill sandbags in the street. The sandbags were piled against buildings

Filling Sandbags - WW2 Home Front (4 / 4)
World War Two - British Home Front - London. Young men, boys and women of all ages fill sandbags in the street. The sandbags were piled against buildings

Filling Sandbags - WW2 Home Front (1 / 4)
World War Two - British Home Front - London. Men and young boys fill sandbags in the street. The sandbags were piled against buildings

Filling Sandbags - WW2 Home Front (3 / 4)
World War Two - British Home Front - London. Men and young boys fill sandbags in the street. The sandbags were piled against buildings

Zeppelin illuminated by searchlights
The unmistakable and ominous outline of a raiding German Zeppelin airship, illuminated by five searchlights. The Zeppelin raids (which commenced on 31st May 1915)

War Preparations in Berlin. Foreign attaches watch a mock air raid on 20th September 1937

King and Queen at a Communal Centre during the war
King George VI and Queen Elizabeth pictured visiting a communal centre established in South London during the Blitz to provide meals for people who had been bombed out of their homes by German air

King George VI inspecting bomb damage in London
King George VI inspecting destroyed homes, part of the damage done by German air raids over London during the Blitz

Queen Elizabeth meeting bombed London residents
Queen Elizabeth, later the Queen Mother giving one of her gracious and charming smiles as she meets and sympathises with London residents in bomb damaged areas during the Blitz

Air Raid damage during World War I

Air Raid damage in London, 1917
Bomb damage from an air raid on London during World War I on the 4th August 1917

Scarborough air raid, 1914
Interior of the ruined house where five of the Bennett family were killed during the German air raid on Scarborough during World War i in 1914

Scarborough Lighthouse damage, 1914
Damage to Scarborough lighthouse caused by a shell during the German air raid on Scarborough, England, during World War I in December 1914

Results of a Gotha air raid on London, 1917
Result of a Gotha air raid on a workhouse laundry in St. Johns Road, Islington, London during the First World War on 4th-5th September 1917

Air raid on Hull, June 1915
Destruction in Hull by the cathedral after a Zeppelin air raid during World War I in June 1915

Evacuation during the Blitz; Second World War, 1940
Illustration showing the evacuation of civilians by the Womens Voluntary Service during one of the German air-raids on the East End of London, 1940

Podlington Airfield, Britain, 1945
Drawing showing the huge deserted runway of Podlington airfield; formerly used by the US Eighth Air Force as a base for their raids on Germany, 1945

Crashed Heinkel HE-111 Bomber; Second World War, 1940
Illustration showing a crashed German Heinkel HE-111 bomber burning in a wood in Essex, 18th June 1940. This bomber had taken part in one of the large air-raids on London

Bombing of Berlin, Germany; Second World War, 1944
Photograph showing bombs exploding in Berlins industrial zone during an Allied air-raid on the German capital, 6th August 1944

Daylight Air Raids
Heinkel III bombers take part in daylight raids on London, bombing the docks though barrage balloons prevented low-altitude attacks

Destruction at Rouen Docks, France; Second World War, 1944
Photograph showing the scene of destruction at Rouen Docks, France, caused by Allied bombing raids on German positions, 1944

St. Kevins Kitchen a church within a 6th century monastic settlement, with a tower built as a refuge against Viking and Clan raids, Glendalough, County Wicklow, Ireland

Murmansk after Bombing
Murmansk in ruins following a number of air raids by German bombers

Sellassie Shelters
Emperor Haile Sellassie prepares to shelter against air raids and gas attacks on Addis Ababa

Sheltering on Platform
Sheltering from the risk of German air raids, Londoners sleep wherever they can on the platform at Elephant & Castle underground station

Raiding a German Base
Sauve qui peut ! A French warplane raids a German base

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