Image: Bomb Damage in London, England, April 1945 CH15111

Description: Bomb Damage in London, England, April 1945 Aerial view from the west of the damage resulting from a V2 rocket missile which exploded in the area of Boleyn and Priory Roads, Upton Park, East Ham, London E6, England at 10.30 am on 28 January 1945. Sixteen people were killed, twenty-seven seriously injured and sixty-nine slightly wounded. 5 houses were completely demolished, 16 partly demolished and a further 59 were seriously damaged. Some damaged houses on Priory and Seymour Roads have been re-roofed (foreground and lower right), and utility housing has been erected in Cleves Road on ground cleared after an earlier bombing. A corner of West Ham Football Club's Boleyn Ground can be seen at extreme lower right.
Title: Bomb Damage in London, England, April 1945 CH15111
Credit: http://media.iwm.org.uk/iwm/mediaLib//7/media-7835/large.jpg This is photograph CH 15111 from the collections of the Imperial War Museums.
Author: Devon S D (Flt Lt), Royal Air Force official photographer
Permission: This image was created and released by the Imperial War Museum on the IWM Non Commercial Licence. Photographs taken, or artworks created, by a member of the forces during their active service duties are covered by Crown Copyright provisions. Faithful reproductions may be reused under that licence, which is considered expired 50 years after their creation.
Usage Terms: Public domain
License: Public domain
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