Direct hit on shelter kills dozens

18th February 1941: Railway Arch Shelters provide relatively comfortable accommodation in the Blitz - but nowhere is completely safe

Jim Smith, pictured centre, at the Stainer Street Shelter on 18th February 1941. He had just arrived to help with the clear-up after it had suffered a direct hit the night before.

After over five months of sustained bombing, Londoners were adapting to the Blitz. People were adjusting to the many discomforts, the lack of sleep and the nightly terrors. Mos…