Please click on the title above to view the photos. As a gunner on HMS Norfolk my dad was one of the few people to witness the sinking of both HMS Hood and Bismarck. These are some images and …
Author: Ian D B
Air raids & bomb sites
Air raids and air defence, Northern England. Prestwich Sloopy’s map of WWII sites around North Manchester Some videos Manchester Blitz. Film made by the co-op which shows many places photographed above. At 10.18 there is a shot of a roof …
Tagged with: air raids blitz
Aviation History
This gallery has photos of vintage aircraft taken at airshows and in museums, some photos taken by Cecil Beaton (from the 1941 book ‘Bomber Command’). Also a letter by Sir Arthur Harris kindly supplied by a friend and some photos …
Audruicq 1918 – 1919
In 1918 a young woman left her home in Peak Forest, Derbyshire, to work as a nurse in France. The First World War was drawing to a close and one can only guess at Ellen Clayton’s reasons for leaving home, …
Tagged with: 1918, 1919, Army, Audruiq, Calais, First World War, France, history, Nursing, photography, World War One, WWI
Schindler’s List
Auschwitz-Birkenau, the city of Krakow and the nearby site of Płaszów Forced Labour Camp and some remaining sceneography from Spielberg’s movie in a disused quarry close by.
