A 2500 pound German bomb, buried opposite University College Hospital, is about to be removed by Army sappers as people in the area are evacuated to a safe distance (1948)


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A 2500 pound German bomb, buried opposite University College Hospital, is about to be removed by Army sappers as people in the area are evacuated to a safe distance (1948)

Metropolitan 'C' Division covered the West End. Note the 'on duty' striped armbands and the black helmet plates (now silver).

The bomb fell in 1941 near to the corner of Stanhope Street and Euston Road.


Attribution: Creative Commons image from New Times Paris Bureau Collection

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