This memorial was built over the impact crater of Vampire jet XE854, which dived into the ground on 9 March 1959, by the parents of pupil pilot Midshipman Ian Ferguson Wilson. The German Luftwaffe dropped thousands of bombs on London from 1939 to 1945, killing almost 30,000 people. A WW2 ‘earthquake’ bomb that was made in Sheffield has exploded in Poland during attempts to safely defuse it.I have a specific memory of the second night of the Sheffield bombing. One of the heaviest bombed cities was Hull.
Lawrence church stands out as the only remaining building reminiscent of Rotterdam's medieval architecture. Today this is mainly an industrial area situated just off the A630 near to the New York Stadium. Fought between 10 and, it was a German attempt to seize the Dutch city. Rotterdam's city centre after the bombing. Every prisoner of war camp in the UK mapped and listed.55am on Wednesday (December 2), a bomb disposal team was deployed to a property on Ashleigh Avenue, Arbourthorne after receiving reports that a suspected World War II bomb was discovered in a Bombing accuracy at this stage in the war - especially at night - was notoriously poor. Dr Alison McNairn was nearly buried alive after German bombs flattened the building she was working in during a World War II air raid.Birth reg'd in Rotherham in Q2 1921 Son of Sarah and Joseph Emson husband of Lilian Emson Lived at 51 Neville St, Rotherham Married in Rotherham - Q3 1942 - 1 Son, born after Joseph was killed. I lived near Clifton Park for a number of years. Was rotherham bombed in ww2 Dutch garrison forces under Colonel P.