I’m trying to locate a photo of a standard wartime brick blast shelter, ideally with personnel taking cover in it. It doesn’t matter if it’s period (although posed – no-one in their right mind would be taking photos of blast shelters whilst actually under attack) or modern re-enactors. I’m just looking for an image showing how these blast shelters were used. Can anyone help?
By: Arabella-Cox - 29th March 2014 at 10:11
The picture is of Communal Site 1 at Thorpe Abbotts, and so with a large concentration of personnel in that location, there would be the need for a large number of shelters close by.
By: RadarArchive - 29th March 2014 at 06:19
Stephen,
That’s a nice picture, thanks, with quite some concentration of blast shelters.
By: Arabella-Cox - 28th March 2014 at 23:28
Not a close up picture, but a nice selection in this 100th Bomb Group website picture –
By: Firebex - 28th March 2014 at 20:17
did there not used to be some intact shelters still at Biggin Hill or have they gone now ??
Mike E
By: RadarArchive - 28th March 2014 at 19:41
Thanks Ross, but this shows chaps in a slit trench, not a blast shelter. See the image of the structure shown in my post #5 above. So I’m afraid it’s still not what I’m looking for.
By: Ross_McNeill - 28th March 2014 at 10:01
Hi Ian,
Need to speak to Snapper for a release but how about this period one on this page of the forum.
Post #137
http://forum.keypublishing.com/showthread.php?128809-Battle-of-Britain-Images/page5
Regards
Ross
By: Foray - 26th March 2014 at 16:01
No photo I’m afraid, but please see PM on a different topic (not wanting to divert this thread away from your aim).
By: RadarArchive - 25th March 2014 at 20:22
Thanks, but again that’s not what I’m looking for. I’m looking for an image of an open blast shelter, not an enclosed air raid shelter. One of these structures (image from http://www.derelictplaces.co.uk/main/showthread.php?t=16586) showing it in use.
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By: TonyT - 25th March 2014 at 19:55
Flypast or Aeroplane were running a series about the low level bombing of Kenly? In that there is a photo taken from one of the attacking bombers of a spit under attack and that might have someone running towards the shelter in the back of the pen, I sadly do not have it anymore to check.
By: RadarArchive - 25th March 2014 at 16:45
Thanks but I’m looking for a blast shelter image, rather than an enclosed air raid shelter. It’s a nice photo, though!
I thought I would get something from The Battle of Britain, but Kenneth More and Suzannah York dive into a slit trench with sand bags rather than a proper brick blast shelter.
Any other suggestions would be very welcome.
By: lanc35 - 25th March 2014 at 11:38
Probably not your standard wartime shelter, but does this help?
http://www.awm.gov.au/collection/P09708.008/
Informal group portrait of RAAF recruits in an air raid shelter, Madley, Hereford, UK, waiting for their billy to boil.
Could you get anything from the movies/youtube?
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