Attack Collection (page 9)

Picture taken in Liverpool. 14th October 1940. People in the red brick air raid shelter (very bottom left) escaped unhurt when their homes in this corner block of houses in Liverpool

Picture shows Nazi air raid bomb damage in Stevenson Street, Wavertree Liverpool. Merseyside. Picture taken 19th October 1940

Repair squads at work in Liverpool, Merseyside, in filling up a crater caused by a Nazi bomb dropped in a recent raid. Picture taken 20th October 1940

The aftermath of a bomb raid on Bootle, Liverpool, Merseyside. Picture 20th October 1941

James Reckitt Avenue, Hull, Yorkshire, after it was bombed in the Blitz, on the 2nd and 3rd March 1941 The Hull Blitz was the bombing campaign that targeted the English port city of Kingston upon

Bridlington Grammar School, destroyed in The Blitz. circa 16th November 1940. Picture is passed by censors. The Hull Blitz was the bombing campaign that targeted the English port city of Kingston

Hull, Yorkshire, during The Blitz. Picture shows un-named residents looking through their blown out window. They are smiling through the trauma of the devastation caused to Hull

Picture shows Alfred Gelder St Hull, Yorkshire, and the extensive damage to The Head Post Office. The Hull Blitz was the bombing campaign that targeted the English port city of Kingston upon Hull by

A soldier helping to move luggage from a home that has been hit by the Luftwaffe in The Hull Blitz. the house is in Ferensway, (one word) in Hull

An RAF squadron recently joined battle with more than twice their number of Italian aircraft over Libya. The British fighters destroyed 15 Italian aircraft during the engagement

Picture shows the remains of The Electricity Showroom in Bridlington, Yorkshire. circa 3rd April 1941. The actual location may be New Burlington Road in Bridlington, which was bombed 2nd April 1941

The Blitz. Hull. Yorkshire. August 1940. Picture shows the remains of a bomb damaged Post Office, Hull. No actual street name available

The Blitz. Hull. Yorkshire. November 1940. Picture shows Cottingham Road. There is a suggestion it may have been a nursing home hit

A bomb aimer in position in the nose of an RAF Stirling bomber during an assault on Berlin in the Second World War. September 1941

Fire Fighters Demonstration in ARP (Air Raid Precaution) in Hull, Yorkshire during World War Two. Large-scale attacks took place on several nights throughout March 1941, resulting in over 200 deaths

Beau-fighters Torpedo Emery Ships. (Picture) two heavily laden merchant ships were hit by torpedoes and at least three others, in addition to all five in the escort vessels

Blenheim aircraft of R. A. F. Mediterranean command delivers an attack from mast-high on an
Blenheim aircraft of R.A.F. Mediterranean command delivers an attack from mast-high on an emery tanker off the coast of Tunisia recently though she was escorted by destroyer

Photograph taken during an attack on the railway workshops and engine sheds at Tours by unescorted Mosquito aircraft of Bomber Command

Photograph taken during an attack by bombers of the US Army Air Force on an Atlantic U-boat base at St Nazaire, .Picture shows bombs falling from one of the American bombers towards the target area

V Bomb, South East London. Immediately after the wall collapsed. Both rescue workers and trapped people were buried. Fortunately, however, most of them escaped serious injury. December 1944

Dudley House, Park Lane, London, built in 1824 by Lord Dudley and now the residence of Lady Ward was recently damaged by a bomb. Picture shows the wrecked ballroom. Picture taken 28th November 1940

Fireman at Cheapside, centre of London, during another night of air raids from the German Luftwaffe. They are pictured removing a casualty from the debris. A car is on fire in the background

The aftermath of an air raid on Hull, Yorkshire, 31st March 1941. The business sign of G E Burroughs printers, still just about hands above the doorway

The National Fire service, (NFS) and Civil Defence (CD) break for tea to gather their thoughts and strength, before resuming their search for signs of hope amongst the ruins of a block of flats

Firemen hosing the smouldering ruins of a factory, whilst still searching for people and bodies who may be laying under flats. They work by the light of their flares, well into the night

Fleet air arm over Norwegian coast. Skua aircraft of the fleet air arm attack on an emery supply ship off the Norwegian coast

Skuas of the fleet air arm attack oil tanks and Admiralty Jetty at Dolvik near Bergen, as announced in Admiralty communique on August 8th. All our aircraft returned safely

Fleet Air Arm Shatter Emery Convoy. As the aircraft turned for home a troopship (centre, near shore) with bows only showing, is still burning, hiding an armed trawler on fire. Circa August 1940

Some fighters of an eastern escort carrier make their first kill. (Picture) View from the carrier a escorting destroyer put up a smoke screen. 27th May 1945

Fetter Lane, off Fleet Street, London, EC4 after one of the many Nazi Luftwaffe air rads on London. Fleet Street was the newspaper centre of Britain, with many newspapers such as The Mirror

RAF and USA Air Force attack enemy lines in Tunisia. RAF roundels and the USA Air Force star fly together in formation in Tunisia

Flying bomb incident at Arundel Road, Leytonstone, London. Scene in the south of England very soon after a flying bomb had crashed

A Sunderland aircraft of 422 Sqn RCAF from RAF Castle Archdale seen here attacking German U-boat U-625 in the North Atlantic west of Ireland 10th March 1944 Picture shows

RAF Attack on Italian Submarine. Circa August 1942 While carrying out a patorol in the Western Mediterranean a Sunderland flying boat of Coastal Command surpised an Italian Submarine on the surface

The bombardment of Cherbourg as seen from H. M.s Enterprise. Captain H. T. W Grant DSO, RCN
The bombardment of Cherbourg as seen from H.M.S Enterprise. Captain H.T.W Grant DSO, RCN. The bombardment which is reported to have silenced serial forts. 27th June 1944

American soldiers of the 4th division command by general Lighting Joe Collins, seen here during the attack on Cherbourg. 25th June 1944

H. M.s Warspite off Le Harve shelling German gun battened in support of the landings
H.M.S Warspite off Le Harve shelling German gun battened in support of the landings on Sword Beach. 6th June 1944

An aerial view of the storming of Beach Head in the great allied attack on the French coast. Tanks and other assault vehicles are seen swarming ashore from landing crafts to open powerful offensive

Aerial view of the devastation caused following the attack by Royal Air Force No. 617 Squadron (subsequently publicised as the " Dam Busters")

The famous "Dam Busters"raid by Royal Air Force No
The famous " Dam Busters" raid by Royal Air Force No. 617 Squadron on the Mohne, Eder and Sorpe Dams in the Ruhr Valley, Germany

Aerial view showing the damage to the Mohne Dam in the Ruhr Valley, Germany following an attack by Royal Air Force No. 617 Squadron (subsequently publicised as the " Dam Busters")

Members of the Reading Home Guard jumping ditches on the blitz course, a formidable assault course. 15th June 1942

The blitz course, a formidable exercise for the Reading Home Guard members. A leader having thrown his rifle over the bared wire followed it by throwing himself bodily on the wire so that other can

De Havilland Mosquito FB Mark VIs of No. 248 Squadron RAF seen here attacking a German M class minesweeper and two trawler auxiliaries in the mouth of the Gironde River off Royan, France

RAF Bomber attack Bremen oil refinery. The Bremen oil refinery during the attack by Avro Lancaster aircraft. 21st March 1945

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A Handley Page Halifax No 6 Group of RAF Bomber Command over the target during a daylight raid on the oil refinery at Wanne-Eickel in the Ruhr, 12 October 1944

Hamburg on the day of its surrender-May 3 1945. Picture Shows three minutes after surrender time on May 3 The City was devastated, apparently deserted

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