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R.a.f. Men work together to pile parts of many flying bombs brought down by large balloon defences
R.a.f. Men work together to pile parts of many flying bombs brought down by large balloon defences

R.a.f. Men work together to pile parts of many flying bombs brought down by large balloon defences

Date10/2/1944
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Original Toronto Star caption: R.a.f. Men work together to pile parts of many flying bombs brought down by large balloon defences.
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      ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
      CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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      Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
      Object NumberTSPA_0019224F
      Home guard and R.A.F. men remove the casing of a German flying bomb which crashed and exploded in the Regent Palace hotel annex in London. The hotel s(...)
      Home guard and R.A.F. men remove the casing of a German flying bomb which crashed and exploded in the Regent Palace hotel annex in London. The hotel s(...)
      Toronto Star (Firm)
      7/13/1944
      Bombs, flying steel, falling masonry, fire and inadequate facilities stand in the path of duty of London's nurses
      Bombs, flying steel, falling masonry, fire and inadequate facilities stand in the path of duty of London's nurses
      Toronto Star (Firm)
      3/15/1941
      A floodway in Hogg's Hollow south of York Mills forms part of the defences erected following the havoc wreaked by Hurricane Hazel in 1954
      A floodway in Hogg's Hollow south of York Mills forms part of the defences erected following the havoc wreaked by Hurricane Hazel in 1954
      Bezant, Graham
      6/29/1972
      Components of the bombs are electrical conduit pipe, caps, pipe-hanger, electricians' tape, part of a coathanger, all easily obtainable and inexpensive items
      Components of the bombs are electrical conduit pipe, caps, pipe-hanger, electricians' tape, part of a coathanger, all easily obtainable and inexpensive items
      Lennon, Frank
      9/26/1968
      Former R.A.F. Flying Officer Hogan inspects the finished results of the trophy collection. Made from German guns captured in the first world war these(...)
      Former R.A.F. Flying Officer Hogan inspects the finished results of the trophy collection. Made from German guns captured in the first world war these(...)
      Malak, Ottawa
      3/15/1941
      Defence Department officials recently announced the award of a $1,900,000 contract to this Peterboro company for anti-aircraft searchlights chiefly for west coast defences
      Defence Department officials recently announced the award of a $1,900,000 contract to this Peterboro company for anti-aircraft searchlights chiefly for west coast defences
      James, Norman
      6/22/1941
      Below this French church on the cliffs above Dieppe were Nazi forts, used as channel defences
      Below this French church on the cliffs above Dieppe were Nazi forts, used as channel defences
      Toronto Star (Firm)
      1/21/1944
      Reports of Messrs. Godley Hamilton and Elliot, Imperial commissioners appointed to report on the subject of colonial defences in 1859, and the Report (...)
      Reports of Messrs. Godley Hamilton and Elliot, Imperial commissioners appointed to report on the subject of colonial defences in 1859, and the Report (...)
      Great Britain. Commissioners Appointed to Report on the Subject of Colonial Defence
      1862
      Reports of Messrs. Godley Hamilton and Elliot, Imperial commissioners appointed to report on the subject of colonial defences in 1859, and the Report (...)
      Reports of Messrs. Godley Hamilton and Elliot, Imperial commissioners appointed to report on the subject of colonial defences in 1859, and the Report (...)
      Great Britain. Commissioners Appointed to Report on the Subject of Colonial Defence
      1862
      Remarks on the defences and resources of Canada in the event of a war
      Remarks on the defences and resources of Canada in the event of a war
      Shaw, Claudiu
      1845
      Return to an Address of the Legislative council for correspondence on colonial defences and militia
      Return to an Address of the Legislative council for correspondence on colonial defences and militia
      Canada. Governor General (1861-1868 : Monck)
      1863
      Canada, its defences, condition and resources, being a second and concluding volume of ''My diary, north and south''
      Canada, its defences, condition and resources, being a second and concluding volume of ''My diary, north and south''
      Russell, William Howard, Sir, 1820-1907
      1865