Title

Wartime bomb damage, Long Acre, Nechells, Birmingham, West Midlands, World War II, 29 July 1942

Caption

Wartime bomb damage, Long Acre, Nechells, Birmingham, West Midlands, World War II, 29 July 1942. View of the rear of Long Acre and Crompton Road showing bomb damage which included a direct hit on a shelter.

Date

1942

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/Historic England Archive

Reference

HRM19B40_337

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

53,9Mb (1,6Mb) / 14,5in x 14,4in / 4364 x 4314 (300dpi)

Keywords

road building buildings England destruction houses street country British English lane avenue damaged ruins ruin war location debris rubble century Britain destroyed wartime concept ruined Birmingham B&W 1940s MONOCHROME west midlands Forties bombed World War II World War two WWII bombing black & white black and white B W world war 2 20th century Blitz English Heritage bomb damage decade Home Front Second World War TGN WW2 photograph 2nd World War Long Acre débris James Nelson Nelson James Nechells Crompton Road photograph