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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(...)

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(...)

Date7/13/1944
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  • 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 suffered some damage but only one person; a chambermaid; was killed by the bomb.
  • 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(...)
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Original Toronto Star caption: 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 suffered some damage but only one person; a chambermaid; was killed by the bomb.
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      ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
      CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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      Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
      Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0019228F
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