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Background imageAir Attack Collection: Five people in Exeter owe their lives to the Morrison shelter

Five people in Exeter owe their lives to the Morrison shelter. Their two story house received a direct hit and completely buried the shelter during the " Baedeker" raid on the city

Background imageAir Attack Collection: Many months of bombing have proved the worth of surface shelters

Many months of bombing have proved the worth of surface shelters. Time and again properly built surface shelters have kept thousands of people safe, even when surrounding buildings have been wrecked

Background imageAir Attack Collection: Scene of a bomb strike in which a Morrison shelter was flung 46 feet into a neighbouring

Scene of a bomb strike in which a Morrison shelter was flung 46 feet into a neighbouring house, saving the family inside. May 1942

Background imageAir Attack Collection: Mr McGregor stands amidst the debris of his house, following a Baedeker Raid on York

Mr McGregor stands amidst the debris of his house, following a Baedeker Raid on York. The Morrison shelter which saved his life

Background imageAir Attack Collection: RAF Beaufighters shatter enemy convoy off Frisian Islands

RAF Beaufighters shatter enemy convoy off Frisian Islands. The Frisian, or Wadden Islands, are a North Sea archipelago off the coast of the Netherlands, Germany and Denmark

Background imageAir Attack Collection: RAF Beaufighters attack four merchant ships near Heligoland in The North Sea

RAF Beaufighters attack four merchant ships near Heligoland in The North Sea. Heligoland is a small archipelago in the North Sea

Background imageAir Attack Collection: Taken during an attack by Bristol Beaufighter on an oil pump house at Kanhla

Taken during an attack by Bristol Beaufighter on an oil pump house at Kanhla, 45 miles south of Magwe, Burma, during a series of attacks of the oil pipe line running from Yenangyaung to Syriam

Background imageAir Attack Collection: RAF Beaufighter planes attack oil storage tanks in Burma

RAF Beaufighter planes attack oil storage tanks in Burma. Picture taken during a very successful attack on an oil storage tank at Sadaing Tank Farm, just south of Yonangyaung, Burma

Background imageAir Attack Collection: Scene after the alert had been sounded at an anti-aircraft battery protect the Russia

Scene after the alert had been sounded at an anti-aircraft battery protect the Russia Northern Fleet. July 1942

Background imageAir Attack Collection: World War One German air attack on British positions in late campaign in West

World War One German air attack on British positions in late campaign in West African Desert 1915


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