Destruction Collection (page 5)

A bombed Italian barracks in Derna, Libya during the Second World War. 27th February 1941

Italian barracks at Sidi Barrani after an attack by the British Navy. 1st January 1941

Tests of the new table-type indoor air raid shelter. A two-storey house was brought down by explosives to reproduce the collapse of such a house caused by a heavy bomb falling close by

A train laden with ammunition and dive bombers for Axis front line forces was destroyed by Allied bombers in an attack on a country railway station near Enfidaville, Tunisia

Tests carried out by the Research and Experimental department on a Flat-topped shelter Type T. This shelter was first tested by dropping a heavy block of concrete weighing 350 lbs from a height of 6

A bomb fell between two houses in a Merseyside town causing both of them to collapse. The Morrisons were in a ground floor room in each of them

Benghazi harbour in Libya is so frequently bombed by the RAF that the pilots have named the sorties to this target " The Mail Run" Picture shows

A picture showing a German airfield In Cyrenaica after an RAF raid. Dense smoke is seen drifting across the desert from the blazing remains of JU 62 troop-carriers

Pictures taken at Tunis Aerodrome on 12th November 1942, following an attack the previous day by Beaufighters of the Royal Air Force on enemy targets

Intercepted in the attack by aircraft of Coastal Command, a German blockade runner with a cargo of supplies was set ablaze and destroyed on 27th December 1943

Sailors of the Royal Navy have been helping to repair and make habitable London homes which were damaged by flying bombs. Picture shows: Able Seaman E.J

Japanese air raids in the battle for Malaya during the Second World War. A local resident erecting a temporary shelter amid the ruins of his home bombed by Japanese air raiders while his wife

An air view of the Renault works at Billancourt, a suburb of Paris on the Seinne, before it was bombed by aircraft of Bomber Command, RAF, on the night of 3rd March 1942

Aircraft of Bomber Command RAF attack industrial works in Paris, occupied France during the Second World War. Picture taken the following day at low altitude shows the damage done to the works

On the night of 27th May 1944, RAF Bomber Command attacked a six gun coastal defence battery at Saint Valery en Caux in Normandy, Northern France

A daylight photograph taken by the RAF after the attack on the Matford Motor Works at Poissy near Paris, France on the night of 2nd April 1942, the second night in succession

A daylight photograph taken after the attack by Bomber Command RAF on the Matford Motor Works at Poissy near Paris, France on 2nd April 1942

Bombs bursting on the railway station and sidings during a daylight attack by RAF Bomber Command on Saint Omer in Northern France

On the night of 28th May 1944, RAF Bomber Command attacked another coastal defence battery at Saint Martin de Varreville in Normandy, Northern France

An aerial view of the Renault works at Billancourt, a suburb of Paris on the River Seine, after it was bombed by aircraft of Bomber Command, RAF, on the night of 3rd March 1942

Great damage was done by the recent precision attacks of RAF Bomber Command on the important French railway installations at Amiens, Le Mans, and Trappes

Pictorial record made of a daylight attack by Stirlings of RAF Bomber Command on an enemy target in occupied France during the Second World War. 27th August 1941

In a daylight attack on Cherbourg, Northern France on 15th September 1942, 15 Boston bombers, escorted by fighters, attacked the whale oil ship " Sololimt" in the Bassin Napoleon III

Western Canadian Infantry with anti-tank gun. A white death-trail of smoke signals the end of a Nazi strong-point 200 yards away as Western Canadian Infantry clean up with ab anti-tank gun

Damage by an air raid in Hill Street, Birmingham, West Midlands. Circa April 1941

Units of General Pattons 11th Armoured Division drive through Kronach, Germany, its centre still blazing after the battle against defenders resisting to the last. 19th April 1945

Battle of the Bay of Biscay naval action as part of the Atlantic Campaign during the Second World War. RCAF aircraft of Coastal Command

Intercepted in the attack by aircraft of Coastal Command, a German blockade runner with a cargo of supplies was set ablaze and destroyed on 27th December 1943

The Battle of Cape Matapan naval engagement between British Imperial and Axis forces, fought from 27th to 29th March 1941, on the south-west coast of the Peloponnesian peninsula of Greece

First photographs of the Navys successful surprise raid on Sabang and Lhenga airfields in Northern Sumatra at dawn on 19th April 1944

Pictures taken yesterday on 11th April 1945 showing RAF bomb damage at Hanover, Germany. The " machsee" (large Lake), south of Hanover which had been camouflaged with floating wood slats

Evidence of the terrific battering Hamburg received from RAF and USaF bombers in July and August 1943, is provided by this ground photograph

Bomb damage to Queens Street in Central Cardiff after an air raid by the German Luftwaffe. 3rd March 1941

View of bomb damage to the interior of St Anthonys church in South East London, after it was struck by incendiary bombs of the German Luftwaffe in an air raid on the capital. Circa 1941

View of bomb damage Jewin Street in the City of London, after it was struck by bombs of the German Luftwaffe in an air raid on the capital. Circa 1941

Alice Mitchell rescued, her kitten from a bombed house after an air raid by the German Luftwaffe on Cardiff. Circa 1941

A rocket ship of the US Navy pounds Japanese positions in a softening up prelude to the landing of US troops during the battle for the Philippines

In a daylight evening attack, a force of Lancaster Bombers of RAF Bomber Command attacked dry docks and naval shipping at the German occupied port of Le Havre in Northern France

Photograph taken during an attack by bombers of the US Army Air Force on an Atlantic U-boat base at St Nazaire in German occupied France

Photographic reconnaissance shows that RAF Bomber Commands attack on the S. A
Photographic reconnaissance shows that RAF Bomber Commands attack on the S.A. des Pneumatiques Dunlop factory at Montlucon, near Vichy, on the night of 15th -16th September 1943, caused heavy damage

An attack on enemy strongpoints around Le Havre, Northern France on the afternoon of 10th September 1944 by aircraft of RAF Bomber Command

Photograph taken during an attack by Boston aircraft of the Lorraine French Squadron on the Mir De Bretagne transformer station near Guerledan, Brittany on 26th August 1943

German air raid on the city of London during the Second World War. Clearing up wreckage and rubble from devastated buildings on Addle Street following the raid. Circa 1941

Bostons and Mitchell aircraft of RAF bomber command attacked a German ammunition dump at Montreuil-Belfroy, east of Nantes, France in a daylight raid on 2nd August 1944

Picture showing the results of Allied Air attacks oh a large constructional works in the Pas De Calais area of Northern France, similar to the large site recently captures in theCherbourg Peninsula

Sabotage of the Artillery Park at Grenoble on the night of 13th / 14th November 1943 by the French Resistance. Detonations were put in position near some 30 tons of powder

In a daylight raid on 5th August 1943, aircraft of RAF Bomber Command attacked U-boat pens at Brest, North Western France

Photo taken during a recent RAF raid on shipping and small craft in Boulogne Harbour. Direct hits can be seen and fires are starting in dockside buildings

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