The toll mounts across Britain

17th October 1940: The Luftwaffe's switch to night bombing continues to grow in strength - with many notable buildings hit as well as more and more fatalities

‘A night with a 4.5” A.A. Battery’: The gunners at their stations with a gun in the background firing. Note the huge, elongated flash. In the foreground are the predictor and rangefinder. 16th October 1940.