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• SD 2 'Butterfly Bomb

  (weapons and ammunition) 1943

  The German SD 2 'Butterfly Bomb' was used on a large scale during the Second World War, and was designed as an anti-personnel/fragmentation weapon. They were delivered by air, being dropped in containers that opened at a predetermined height, thus...

• Battle of Britain : parachutists from an enemy aircraft brought down in an apparent attempt to bomb Buckingham Palace

  (art) Made by: Bayes, Walter 1942

  image: An aerial view of Buckingham Palace and the surrounding grounds, with two German airmen parachuting towards the ground.

• Battle of Britain: The Bells of St Clement's

  (art) Made by: Gray, Joseph 1940

  image: a view inside the bomb damaged church of St Clement's in London, the famous bells lying on the floor surrounded by rubble and debris. Behind them is an archway, revealing a broken window in the far wall.

• Coventry Cathedral: November 1940

  (art) Made by: Schwabe, Randolph 1940-11-01

  image: a view of the heavily bomb damaged Coventry cathedral. The foreground is littered with bricks, metal girders and rubble, the walls and spires largely intact in the background.

• Twisted Metal and Doodlebug

  (art) Made by: Gerrard, Kaff 1944

  image: In the foreground are two large pieces of twisted metal, caused as a result of a German air raid, with smaller pieces of metal in front of them. A countryside scene is visible in the background with a V-1 bomb falling downwards in the top right....

• BRITAIN CAN TAKE IT [Main Title]

  (film) Made by: Jones, Jonah (Production individual) 1940-11

  A version of LONDON CAN TAKE IT re-edited for exhibition in American cinemas in order to drum up support for Britain at a time when isolationist sentiment was still strong in the USA.

• EI Z 50 Electric Anti-Disturbance Fuze

  (weapons and ammunition) 1940

  This type of German Second World War fuze was developed as a booby-trap and anti-handling device. The fuze, which was designed to function if disturbed after the bomb had come to rest, was used in SC250 and SC500 bombs, in conjunction with a Type 7 fuze...

• SD 2 'Butterfly Bomb

  (weapons and ammunition)

  This German Second World War SD2 anti-personnel aircraft bomb (also known as the 'Butterfly Bomb') was designed to be air-dropped in containers that burst open at altitude in order to scatter the contents, the containers typically being the AB 23 (...

• 40 5e 19 (50) electric timer

  (weapons and ammunition)

  German Second World War electric timer from an aerial mine which was dropped in May 1941 during the blitz on the port of Hull. The inscription commemorates Squadron Leader G Ryall's bomb-disposal work in connection with making the mine safe.

• CRASHED GERMAN AIRCRAFT

  part of "AIR MINISTRY SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" Made by: Royal Air Force official photographer

  Scattered wreckage of a Heinkel He 111 bomber brought down by RAF fighters at Puxton, Somerset.