Wreckage Collection (page 3)

Air crash investigators with sniffer dog
Three air crash investigators with a sniffer dog in an indoor location with pieces of wreckage from a plane crash set out on the floor. Date: 1960s

Air crash investigator examining debris
An air crash investigator examining a vast pile of wreckage following a plane crash. Date: 1960s

Air crash investigator with sniffer dog
Air crash investigator Ken Jones with Rusty the Alsatian, an air crash investigation sniffer dog, whose task it is to search a vast pile of wreckage for the vital black box (flight data recorder)

Air crash investigation sniffer dog
Rusty the Alsatian, an air crash investigation sniffer dog, searches a vast pile of wreckage for the vital black box (flight data recorder), following a plane crash. Date: 1960s

Fin of a Dornier which was brough in down Victoria Station
Wings and fins fall all over London roofs. A warden observes the fin of a Dornier Bomber, which was brought down in the forecourt of Victoria Station by Fighter Pilot Ray Holmes on 15th September

WW1 - Lieutenant William Leefe Robinson, awarded the V. C
WW1 - " Going!, Going!!, Gone!!!" Lieutenant William Leefe Robinson (1895-1918), awarded the Victoria Cross, the highest award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to

Air crash investigator at work
An air crash investigator at work in an indoor location with pieces of wreckage from a plane crash set out on the floor. Date: 1960s

Rail Accident London
Crowds gather to watch workmen as they start to clear up the wreckage after an accident at Camden Road on the North London Railway. Date: 1864

Rail Accident Beckenham
Wreckage from the rail accident near Beckenham, on the London, Chatham and Dover railway line Date: 1866

Burnt out Tank / Cambodia
A burnt out tank amidst the ruins and wreckage of further assaults by the Viet Cong in Phnom Penh Date: October 7th 1972

Canine Devotion in War Time, WW1 dog guarding home
A dog still seeking to defend its former home during the entry of the Germans into Vailly, a small town lying on the Aisne

Clearing away wreckage at Cuffley by Matania, WW1
A scene at Cuffley, Hertfordshire showing the wreckage of the L-21 German zeppelin airship brought down by Lieut. William Leefe Robinson on the night of 2 September 1916

Sphere cover - Clearing away wreckage at Cuffley, WW1
A scene at Cuffley, Hertfordshire after the German L-21 airship had fallen to earth in a ball of flames, having been shot down by Lieut. William Leefe Robinson VC on the night of 2 September 1916

Wreckage of car, Peckham High Street, SE London
Wreckage of a car in Peckham High Street, SE London, 15 May 1956, surrounded by mostly men and boys. LFB Special Services attended when a British Road Service lorry forced the front of the car into

Blitz in London -- Cavendish Road, Balham, WW2
Blitz in London -- a battered Austin taxi car, damaged by falling debris following a direct hit on sub-fire station 86W, located at Cavendish Road School, Balham, SW London, 5 November 1940

Aftermath of high explosive bomb, Blackfriars Road, WW2
Aftermath of a high explosive bomb at Blackfriars Road, London, on 24 October 1940. In the background is the train bridge between London Bridge and Waterloo stations

Amiens-St Quentin road, France, Western Front, WW1
British soldiers on the Amiens-St Quentin road on the Western Front in France during World War One. They belong to a working party clearing tree wreckage. Date: circa 1916

The wreckage following Codys fatal crash on 7 August 1913

Sqn Ldr Bone and French air officials examine R101 wreckage
Sqn Ldr Bone and French air officials examine the wreckage of the R101. 6 October 1930. Date: 1930

The wreckage of the R101

The Quebec Bridge: wreckage of the old bridge, 29 August 1907 Date: 1907

The smoking rubble of Crystal Palace, South London
The smoking rubble of Crystal Palace on 30 November, 1936. The fire started after an explosion in the womens cloakroom, and consumed the entire building

Crystal Palace burning down
Firefighters desperately try to put out the fire at Crystal Palace, South London, on the 30th November, 1936. The fire started after an explosion in the womens cloakroom

LCC-LFB Serious fire at Peoples Palace, Stepney
The aftermath of a fire at the Peoples Palace Amusement Centre, Mile End Road, Stepney, East London. Here the camera catches a lighter moment as a firefighter poses alongside a statue of Queen

Blitz in London -- Royal Empire Society, London, WW2
Blitz in London -- a senior fire officer inspects the nose of a bomb in the Royal Empire Society (now the Royal Commonwealth Society) building in Northumberland Avenue, Central London

Blitz in London -- field kitchen, Woolwich sub-station
Blitz in London -- a field kitchen is set up to feed the London regular and AFS firefighters whose sub-station in Woolwich, SE London, was seriously damaged during an air raid

Blitz in London -- LFB and AFS firefighters, Woolwich
Blitz in London -- regular LFB and AFS firefighters working to remove the debris following an air raid on their Woolwich sub-station in SE London that caused extensive damage

Blitz in London -- Invicta Road, Westcombe Park, WW2
Blitz in London -- firefighters join Heavy Rescue teams (in overalls) and ARP squads who are searching for casualties and bodies after a heavy explosive bomb devastated buildings in Invicta Road

Blitz in London -- Cavendish Road, Balham, WW2
Blitz in London -- AFS firemen sorting through the debris in the aftermath of a direct hit on their sub-fire station 86W, located at Cavendish Road School, Balham, SW London, 5 November 1940

Aftermath of a high explosive bomb at Blackfriars Road, WW2
Aftermath of a high explosive bomb at Blackfriars Road, London, on 24 October 1940

Blitz in London -- Boxhill Street
Blitz in London -- rubble in Boxhill Street after a bombing raid

Blitz in London -- vehicle on roof, Peckham Hill Street, WW2
Blitz in London -- vehicle blasted onto a roof in Peckham Hill Street, SE London

Blitz in London -- wreckage of Hurricane fighter plane, WW2
Blitz in London -- the wreckage of a Hurricane fighter aircraft shot down over London, lying on the pavement in Buckingham Palace Road

Eruption of Mt. Pelee - Devastation at Saint-Pierre
Eruption of Mt. Pelee on Martinique - May 8th 1902 - This card depicts the devastation at Saint-Pierre, with the remains of a Rum Distillery at Place du Mouillage. Date: 1902

Remains of Hawker and Grieves Sopwith
The remains of the Sopwith aeroplane Atlantic (picked up in the Mid Atlantic) from the ill-fated attempt to cross the Atlantic Ocean by Harry George Hawker and Kenneth Mackenzie Grieve

How to Keep Fit - Breakdown
Humourous postcard entitled: " How to Keep Fit" - " If a breakdown results from overwork, a long rest in the country is imperative." A motorist who has crashed faces quite a wait

German Albatros plane brought down, WW1
A German Albatros plane brought down by Captain Cecil King, MC DFC Croix de Guerre, of the 43 Squadron RAF during the First World War. Date: 1917-1918

Remains of Baron von Richthofens plane, WW1
The remains of the aeroplane of Baron von Richthofen, seen here with allied officers at the aerodrome of No. 3 Squadron of the Australian Flying Corps near Bertangles during the First World War

Wreck of HMS Vindictive, Ostend Harbour, Belgium, WW1
View of the wreck of HMS Vindictive in Ostend Harbour, Belgium, during the First World War. HMS Vindictive, an Arrogant-class protected cruiser, was launched in 1897, served throughout the war

Belgium - Zeebrugge - Damaged church
Damage to the Church at Zeebrugge, Belgium, following the devastation of the First World War. Date: circa 1919

Wreck of HMS Invincible, Battle of Jutland, WW1
Scene during the Battle of Jutland, in the North Sea near Denmark, during the First World War, showing the wreck of the British battlecruiser HMS Invincible

Remains of Max Immelmanns aeroplane, WW1
The remains of German air ace Max Immelmanns aeroplane, shot down on 18 June 1916 by 2nd Lieutenant G R McCubbin of the 26th Squadron, RFC, over Annay, near Lens, northern France

German Gotha G. IV heavy bomber, Margate, WW1
A German Gotha G.IV heavy bomber, set on fire by the pilot after a forced landing at Margate, Kent, on 22 December 1917. The crew surrendered

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