Forties Collection (#93)

Bomb damage at Telham Road, East Ham, London. March 1941

The Beachhead Landing. An aerial view of the storming of the Beachhead in the great Allied attack on the French coast. Tanks

Recovery squads at work after a Nazi Luftwaffe raid on St Johns School, Brasenose Road, Bootle, Liverpool, Merseyside. Liverpool suffered many casualties in the blitz during World War Two

Second Great Fire of London from the dome of St Pauls Cathedral. 29th December 1940

Fire fighting in World War Two - The local control rooms. October 1940

Aftermath of an air raid in London. March 1941

Second Great Fire of London - Stretcher party carry a rescued man over the debris which was once his home, Endell Street. 30th December 1940

A cheery face behind a cup of tea - well earned refreshment for scores of soldiers, sailors and civil defence workers who helped at a buzz bomb incident when a building in the south of England was

A van being loaded with furniture moving items from a bombed building is covered by the masonry. October 1940

The Canadian Commandos captured this 230 ton vessel in their raid on Dieppe and brought it to Britain where already it has done valuable service with the Navy

General view of banquet hall, decorated by banners and pictures of Stalin and Roosevelt, In the centre are Ge. Courtney Hodges, Commanding General 1st U.S

Damage caused to buildings in Shelton Street, Drury Lane, this evening at approximately 6.50pm. Rescue workers digging out a trapped victim. A rescue worker can be seen pulling a mans arm free

The scene after a pilotless enemy plane crashed and exploded in Streatham, London. Devastation included a mountain of sugar and margarine, contents of LCC Food Store. 16th June 1944

London fire service march past St Pauls in front of King George VI. 15th November 1942

The last moments of a Dornier Do217 over Dieppe on 19 August 1942, as recorded by Sergeant Helge Sognnes of No 331 Squadron

R. A. F.s smashing raid on the French Krupps, Bomb Damage at Le Creusot. 1
R.A.F.s smashing raid on the French Krupps, Bomb Damage at Le Creusot. 1. Destruction of the south end locomotive machine shop. 2. Four-bay shed totally destroyed. 3.Direct hit at north end shed. 4

Heavy aircraft of R. A. F. Bomber Command - Stirlings, Halifax
Heavy aircraft of R.A.F. Bomber Command - Stirlings, Halifax, and Manchester - made a daylight attack upon the Nazi pocket-battleships, Scharnhorst and Gneisena

A Avro Lancaster B Mk I of No. 5 Group, flying at low-level over the French countryside on the evening of 17th October 1942, while en route to attack the Schneider engineering factory at Le Creusot

Action picture made during a successful attack by flying Fortresses of the U. S
Action picture made during a successful attack by flying Fortresses of the U.S. 8th Air Forces on the German Gllsy aerodrome at Amiens early on the morning of 14.7.43 shows - bombs bursting dead

A photographic-reconnaissance image taken by No 106 Photo Reconnaissance Wing of the RAF over the SA des Pneumatiques Dunlop rubber factory at Montlucon, France

On the 4th August 1943 Marauders of the U. S. 8th Air Force rounded off ten days of
On the 4th August 1943 Marauders of the U.S. 8th Air Force rounded off ten days of attacks on German installations in France by leaving the shipyard at La Trait in flames

Low-level photographic reconnaissance photograph taken by No1 PRU Squadron following the special low-level daylight raid by Avro Lancasters of No

The German aircraft factory of Liore Et Oliver at Velizy-Villacoublay in France, blanketed by smoke as bombs dropped by U.S. 8th Air Force Fortresses find their mark

To day members of the section Sanotaire Automobile Feminine S. S. B. M
To day members of the section Sanotaire Automobile Feminine S.S.B.M. visited units of the British Army to distribute conforms

The Union Jack (top right) still flying after shops had been damaged by a Nazi air raid over Merseyside. It is suggested the picture is taken in Liverpool. Street unknown

Six hundred Polish women have arrived in this country after having escaped from Poland to join the WaF. The Womens Auxiliary Air Force

These are a components of the German Ointment-Box mine: The body, the pressure plate, and the firing device mine is completely fashioned of glass, with the exception of trigger. 23rd December 1944

The Royal Navy is now establishing permanent bases along the Normandy coast. Wherever there are Naval shore establishments there are Wrens and these are the vanguard of many more to follow

Damage and a few casualties were caused when a flying bomb struck a house at College Road Bromley. 26th June 1944

Lord Mayor of Liverpool watching the casualties being brought out of a bombed building in Liverpool. December 1940

Aftermath of an air raid attack in London. January 1941

The House of Commons bombed during the London blitz. A view of the Cloisters. December 1940

The Yugo Slav (Yugoalsavia) Christmas Fare opened in Piccadilly, London today. The ladies wore their national costume and sold articles made by them. Picture taken 3rd December 1942

A drum major parade through Birmingham. It is unknown what regiment the drum majors are from. Picture taken 24th June 1944

A training exercise in Harrow, Middlesex, with the cadets of the Lower School of John Lyon. British cadets learn how to arrest and bring in German soldiers. The cadets are dressed in German uniform

A new scheme has just been started by the Middlesex Army Cadet force to increase the efficiency of Cadets about to join the army

Aftermath of an air raid attack in London. November 1941

Some of the court personnel photographed at first American court martial in Britain. Colonel Milton M Towner, an officer of American Air force who presided, is 5th from the left - front row

At 1: 30 a. m on the morning of June 6th, 1944 British and American airborne troops
At 1:30 a.m on the morning of June 6th, 1944 British and American airborne troops and parachutists, using over 1, 000 troop carriers and gliders landed behind the German defences in Normandy

Picture shows a training exercise at a Home Guard School. During May 1943 - World War Two. The picture is from The Liverpool Echo

Lord Street, South Castle Street rebuild sites, with Paradise Street rebuild site in the background. Liverpool, Merseyside in September 1952. Picture shows The Victoria Monment in the foreground

Special Unit Prepares for Action. Many special, service units have made their final preparations for the coming offensive scenes during and after the preparations of one unit

Queen Alexandra Imperial Nurses of the 79th General Field Hospital prepare their beds in the slit trench where they will be protected if any more bombing occurs near Bayeux. 20th June 1944

The first party of ATS attached to the 21st Army Group seen here coming ashore from a landing craft on one of the beaches in Normandy. Their duties are to act as clerks on the beachhead

An operation underway at No. 79 General Hospital near Bayeux, France following the arrival of a contingent of Queen Alexandra Imperial Military nurses from the UK

Medical officer Captain Rs Devor after attending to a French womans baby, the family come to the door of the cottage to bid good-bye to the MO and Madamoiselle Dervis. 4th August 1944

Recovery and Demolition squads at work after a Nazi Luftwaffe raid on Liverpool and Merseyside. Original caption suggests the picture was taken in Wallasey, Merseyside

Salvage work in progress on the remains of the munition ship Malakand (Brocklebank Line) which blew up in the Huskisson Dock, Liverpool, during the May Blitz, 1941 after heroic efforts to save her

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