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Bomb damage at the Bank Underground Station: 1941
Bomb damage at the Bank Underground Station: 1941
Bomb damage at the Bank Underground Station: 1941
Bomb damage at the Bank Underground Station: 1941
Bomb damage at the Bank Underground Station: 1941
Bomb damage at the Bank Underground Station: 1941
Bomb damage at the Bank Underground Station: 1941
Bomb damage at the Bank Underground Station: 1941
Bomb damage at the Bank Underground Station: 1941
Bomb damage at the Bank Underground Station: 1941
Bomb damage at the Bank Underground Station: 1941
Bomb damage at the Bank Underground Station: 1941
Bomb damage at the Bank Underground Station: 1941
Bomb damage at the Bank Underground Station: 1941
Bomb damage at the Bank Underground Station: 1941
Bomb damage at the Bank Underground Station: 1941
Bomb damage at the Bank Underground Station: 1941
Bomb damage at the Bank Underground Station: 1941
Bomb damage at the Bank Underground Station: 1941
Bomb damage at the Bank Underground Station: 1941
Bomb damage at the Bank Underground Station: 1941
Bomb damage at the Bank Underground Station: 1941
Bomb damage at the Bank Underground Station: 1941
Bomb damage at the Bank Underground Station: 1941
Bomb damage at the Bank Underground Station: 1941
Bomb damage at the Bank Underground Station: 1941
Bomb damage at the Bank Underground Station: 1941
Bomb damage at the Bank Underground Station: 1941
Bomb damage at the Bank Underground Station: 1941

London Museum/By Kind Permission of The Commissioner of the City of London Police

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Bomb damage at the Bank Underground Station. During a night raid of the Blitz on London on January 10th, 1941, Bank Underground station sustained a direct hit. A high-explosive bomb exploded in the escalator machinery room, causing widespread destruction. Some of the estimated 111 dead, who had been sheltering in the tube, were thrown into the path of an incoming train. Police Constables Arthur Cross and Fred Tibbs photographed the aftermath. The crater that formed outside the Royal Exchange through the impact of the bomb was so wide and deep that Royal Engineers had to build a bridge across it.
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Artist/Photographer/Maker Arthur Cross; Fred Tibbs
Date 1941 AD - 1941 AD
Image Number 002724

Bomb damage at the Bank Underground Station: 1941