Photos Taken in London, England | World War II Database

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Smoke rising from the Surrey Docks, London, England, United Kingdom, 8 Sep 1940, the morning after the opening night of “The Blitz” bombings as seen from London Bridge. Note Tower Bridge silhouetted against the smoke.	A London bus after falling into a massive bomb crater in the center of Balham High Road, London, England, United Kingdom, Oct 15 1940.

St. Paul's Cathedral during the great raid on London, England, United Kingdom, 29 Dec 1940	Australian Prime Minister Robert Menzies and British Prime Minister Winston Churchill in Churchill's office at 10 Downing Street, London, England, United Kingdom, 1941

Palace of Westminster in London, England, United Kingdom silhouetted by fire, date unknown	Search and rescue dog Rip and handler E. King among rubble in Poplar, London, England, United Kingdom, Aug 1941

Search and rescue dog Rip atop a pile of rubble after an air raid on Poplar, London, England, United Kingdom, 5 Aug 1941	US Ambassador to the UK John Winant speaking to USMC Platoon Sergeant John Allen, Jr. at Court of St. James's, London, England, United Kingdom, 1940s

WAAF Aircraftwoman 2nd Class Patricia Graham, US Army Corporal H. Bielski, WAAF Aircraftwoman 2nd Class Maclean, and US Army Lieutenant Peyton Mathias listening to a radio broadcast at the Over-Seas Club of St James's, London, England, United Kingdom, 1942	Hugh Dowding with an aide and several British fighter pilots outside the Air Ministry headquarters at the Adastral House (now Television House), London, England, United Kingdom, 14 Sep 1942

Female worker at the B. T. H. factory in Neasden Lane, Willesden in London, England, United Kingdom writing messages on a Covenanter tank of British Guards Armoured Division, 22 Sep 1942	King George VI, Eleanor Roosevelt, and Queen Elizabeth, in London, England, United Kingdom, 23 Oct 1942

Acting Superintendent Mrs. Bolton of Women's Voluntary Service's Services Club at Chester House speaking to members of ATS and WAAF, Clarendon Place, Paddington, London, England, 1943	Completed Bren guns at Royal Small Arms Factory Enfield, London, England, United Kingdom, date unknown

Hamilcar glider of No. 5 Elementary and Reserve Flying Training School RAF at Hanworth Air Park, Feltham, London, England, United Kingdom, circa 1940s	Interior of a Harrow aircraft of No. 271 Squadron RAF in an ambulance configuration, RAF Hendon, London, England, United Kingdom, 1940s

Medical orderlies loading wounded servicemen onto a Harrow aircraft of No. 271 Squadron RAF, RAF Hendon, London, England, United Kingdom, 1940s	Three female typists seeking information at the WAAF recruitment information center at 116-126 Cannon Street, London, England, United Kingdom, 1940s

WAAF preparing material for new recruits at the Aircrew Reception Centre, St John's Wood, London, England, United Kingdom, 1940s	Snapshot of “Major Martin’s” fiancée, Pam, that was part of the papers planted on his body as part of Operation Mincemeat, Apr 1942. In reality, this was an MI5 clerk named Jean Leslie.