COMMUNAL SHELTER SAVES SIXTEEN: THE SUCCESS OF A SURFACE SHELTER, ENGLAND, UK, c 1943 - A group of Civil Defence workers examine a communal surface air raid shelter which remains intact, if somewhat crooked, following a raid somewhere in the east of England. A water-filled crater and a large pile of rubble and debris are clearly visible in the foreground. The force of the blast can be appreciated when comparing the angle of the damaged shelter with the row of other surface shelters which line the street, and can be seeing running off into the distance. All 16 occupants of the damaged shelter s
COMMUNAL SHELTER SAVES SIXTEEN: THE SUCCESS OF A SURFACE SHELTER, ENGLAND, UK, c 1943 - A group of Civil Defence workers examine a communal surface air raid shelter which remains intact, if somewhat crooked, following a raid somewhere in the east of England. A water-filled crater and a large pile of rubble and debris are clearly visible in the foreground. The force of the blast can be appreciated when comparing the angle of the damaged shelter with the row of other surface shelters which line the street, and can be seeing running off into the distance. All 16 occupants of the damaged shelter survived, and only one was injured
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