Air Raid Collection (#10)

Bomb damage in Bristol after an air raid by the Nazi German Luftwaffe during the Bristol Blitz in the Second World War. Picture shows: Bomb crater in a residential area of Bristol. Circa 1941

Reconnaissance photograph of the centre of the German city of Brunswick following an attack by RAF Lancaster bombers on the 14th October 1944

All the large cooling towers at the at the Bohlen Synthetic Oil plan near Leipzig were partially destroyed, loading sheds and distillation plant considerably damage

Twenty three buildings and installations at the Marseburg Synthetic Oil plant, 20 miles west of Leipzig were damaged during the attack by the US 8th Air Force heavy bombers on the 20th July 1944

Bombs on Bergen. Striking at German supply lines just behind the battle lines. US 8th Air Force bombers attack rail marshalling yards at Bergen, Germany

A severed pontoon bridge on the River Rhine, taken from a height of 600 ft during a reconnaissance mission over Germany. Circa October 1939

A reconnaissance photograph taken by the Tactical Reconnaissance Group of the 9th Air Force of Duren, Germany, after Allied Air Forces

The Luftwaffe going up in smoke following a fighter sweep by P51 Mustangs of the US 8th Air Force over German airfields on the 16th April 1945

Reconnaissance photograph taken by 106 (PR) Group, RAF of the damaged to the Adam Opel motor factory at Russelsheim, Germany

Bombs from a Bristol Blenheim of No. 2 Group fall over the junction of the main lines from Munster and Hamburg to Dortmund, in the marshalling yard at Hamm, Germany

A recent RAF reconnaissance photograph of the centre of Bochum, an important German industrial town in the heart of the Ruhr

A German bomber on a Brandenburg airfield being strafed by Captain Nicolas Magura in his P51 Mustang fighter of the 8th Air Force during a fighter sweep of Germany. 24th June 1944

Direct hits from the US 8th Air Force heavy bombers on every building of the Waggun ME-110 assembly plant at Brunswick, Germany. Smoke and fire blanket the target. 11th January 1944

Damage to two large exhibition buildings in the Charlottenburg Fairgrounds, gutted as a result of Allied air attacks on Berlin. Circa April 1944

Aerial reconnaissance photograph of the Alfred Teves aerospace component factory at Frankfurt following night attacks by RAF Bomber Command on the nights of 18th/19th March and 22nd/23rd March

A 4, 000 pound bomb ( extreme right) dropped by bombers of RAF Bomber Command during a daylight raid on Heinsburg. 16th November 1944

On Sunday 20th February 1944 the US 8th Air Force despatched 2000 heavy bombers to attack enemy aircraft factories at Leipzig, Brunswick, Bernburg and military targets at Gotha

This is how the Bettenhausen ordnance depot at Kassel, 110 miles north west of Cologne, appeared after the US 8th Air Force heavy bombers had attacked the facility on 2nd October

Friedberg Marshalling Yard Air Raid 4th December 1944 The vital choke point and half the yards receive the solid impact of a tight cluster of bombs

Bombing raid on oil production facilities in Hamburg as the US Eighth aF Liberators and Fortresses press home their attack. 20th June 1944

R. A. F. daylight attack enemy ships at Rotterdam port, Holland
R.A.F. daylight attack enemy ships at Rotterdam port, Holland. Picture taken 1st September 1941

A reconnaissance photograph shows heavy damage in Karlsruhe after an R. A. F
A reconnaissance photograph shows heavy damage in Karlsruhe after an R.A.F. raid on the 2nd September 1942. Pictured, the partially destroyed Junker und Ruh Werke factory. September 1942

Further damage to Duisburg station in the Papendell-Neudorf district. May 1943

A heavily damaged section of the Krupps work in Essen. March 1943

Heavy damage to the railway station in Dusseldorf. September 1942

The destroyed factory of Deutsche Rohren Werke in Dusseldorf. September 1942

Heavily damaged Derendorf works of Rheinmetall-Borsig A. G Arms after an R. A. F
Heavily damaged Derendorf works of Rheinmetall-Borsig A.G Arms after an R.A.F. raid over Dusseldorf. November 1944

Royal Air Force. Middle East, score direct hits in attack on Benghazi Harbour, Libya. Picture shows bombs bursting on the docks and shipping in the harbour during a raid

Fires rage in Duisberg during a very heavy attack. 15th October 1944

Photos taken by the RAF Film Unit show, top left, a close-up as bombs are dropped from a Lancaster over Germany, and continue in sequence until in the last picture, bottom right

Several people were slightly injured when a bomb struck the corner of Kings Heath public baths which was being used as a First Aid post in Birmingham during the Second World War. 30th October 1940

The Erla Aircraft factory in Antwerp burning after a U. S. A. A. F
The Erla Aircraft factory in Antwerp burning after a U.S.A.A.F. bombing raid during Second World War. 10th April 1943

Damage to shops and houses in a West Midlands town following an air raid during the Second World War. Not a single windows has remained in tact. Circa August 1940

Damage to a building in Birmingham following an air raid on the city during the Second World War. Not a single windows has remained in tact. 14th August 1940

Damage to a bus station and surrounding buildings after an air raid in Manchester. 25th December 1940

Postmen shift through the wreckage and rubble to retrieve letters from a blitzed post box in central London. Circa December 1940

General view of Easton Road in Bristol after bombing during the Second World War. Circa 1941

Scenes in Liverpool after an air raid by the German Luftwaffe. Residents walk through the rubble strewn front gardens of their homes following the attack. 15th December 1940

Commuters pass the burnt out shell of the Central Telegraph Office on the corner of Newgate Street and St Martins Le Grand, in the shadow of St Pauls Cathedral

Civilians help rescue people trapped in a shelter after a bombing raid in Portsmouth. 11th May 1941

Scene near Salford Town Hall following an air raid by the German Luftwaffe. Some people managed to slide out unhurt by using the mattress of a bed. October 1940

For the first time, Northern England received an attack by a flying bomb in the early hours of 24th December 1944, Christmas eve

A line of prams parked outside a tube station in London as people take cover underground during the blitz. 10th October 1940

A sister of mercy who sits in a chair all night, guarding the homeless at a building near Whitehall, London, during an air raid in the Second World War. 6th October 1940

Three year old Freddy Arnold stands amongst the ruins of his bomb shattered home in Bath, Somerset following an air raid by the German Luftwaffe on the city at the end of April 1942

Bill Kennedy rescues the last of the many horses who were trapped for many days after the bombing of a London mews during the Second World War. 25th November 1940

Goat Street after Swanseas three night blitz during the Second World War. 24th February 1941

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