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'Nuisance' bombing in 'Oyster Town'

'Nuisance' bombing in 'Oyster Town'

11th October 1941:Lives saved by indoor shelter as a random bombing raid brings sudden death to Whitstable

Oct 11, 2021
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This photograph shows a dummy inside the Morrison shelter that has been installed in the ground floor of a two-storey house prior to the destruction of the house in a test to assess the efficiency of the shelter. This photograph was taken somewhere in Britain in 1941.

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