Bomb Collection

King Geo. studies trench bombs, 7 Jul 1917. Creator: Bain News Service
King Geo. studies trench bombs, 7 Jul 1917. British officers explaining trench mortar to King George V and Edward, Prince of Wales at the Trench Warfare School, Helfaut, France during World War I

Attaching bomb to German Aeroplane, 16 Jan 1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Attaching bomb to German Aeroplane, 16 Jan 1915 (date created or published later). A German soldier attaching a bomb to an airplane during World War I.

Cartoon from Puck, between 1880 and 1889. Creators: Joseph Keppler, Bernhard Gillam
Cartoon from Puck, between 1880 and 1889

AI IMAGE - Portrait of J. Robert Oppenheimer, 1950s, (2023). Creator: Heritage Images
AI IMAGE - Portrait of J. Robert Oppenheimer, 1950s, (2023). Oppenheimer (1904-1967) was and American theoretical physicist and director of the Los Alamos Laboratory during World War II

The Battle of La Malmaison; During our artillery fire: explosion of a large French shell... 1917. Creator: Unknown
The Battle of La Malmaison; During our artillery fire: explosion of a large French shell on the concrete casemates of the German machine gunners of Mont-des-Singes, 1917

Life in the trenches in Champagne; A lookout teased by the enemy is passed hand grenades, 1917. Creator: Unknown
Life in the trenches in Champagne; A lookout teased by the enemy is passed hand grenades, 1917. From "L'Album de la Guerre 1914-1919, Volume 2" [L'Illustration, Paris, 1924]

Obstruction against the anti-revolution law, 1920-1930. Creator: Patrick Kroon
Obstruction against the anti-revolution law, 1920-1930. Social-democratic politicians (Kleerekoper, Duys, Van de Tempel) throw bombs at a dragon referred to as Anti Revolution Law'

War party jumps out of a Jack in the Box, 1920-1930. Creator: Patrick Kroon
War party jumps out of a Jack in the Box, 1920-1930. Minister of the Navy Willem Nudin ten Cate is shocked as a character representing the war party holding a bomb jumps out at him

Materiel Allemand pris au sud de la Somme; Petites bombes a ailettes que nous appelons... 1916. Creator: Unknown
Materiel Allemand pris au sud de la Somme; Petites bombes a ailettes que nous appelons... 1916. From "Collection de la Guerre IV. L'Illustration Tome CXLVIII

'Materiel Allemand pris au sud de la Somme; Granades a fusilet caisses d'engins varies, 1916. Creator: Unknown
'Materiel Allemand pris au sud de la Somme; Granades a fusilet caisses d'engins varies, 1916.. From "Collection de la Guerre IV. L'Illustration Tome CXLVIII

Chinese Infernal Machines, 1857. Creator: Unknown
Chinese Infernal Machines, 1857....floated down at night with the view to blow the ship [H.M.S. Encounter] up...a sampan, towed by a canoe...The fuze was lighted in the bamboo tubes in the side...Two

Combat Aerien; La Guerre Aerienne sur le front Britannique; Bombardement de nuit a l'arriere des lignes allemandes; attaque, a la bombe et a la mitrailleuse

'Combat Aerien; Un raid de jour; Escadre Francaise sur l'objectif; des usines au d'une... 1918
'Combat Aerien; Un raid de jour; Escadre Francaise sur l'objectif; des usines au d'une riviere, 1918. From "L'Album de la Guerre 1914-1919, Volume 2" [L'Illustration

'Combat Aerien; Un Bombardement Aerien; Avion Breguet Lancant ses bombes de 90, 1918. Creator: Unknown
'Combat Aerien; Un Bombardement Aerien; Avion Breguet Lancant ses bombes de 90, 1918. From "L'Album de la Guerre 1914-1919, Volume 2" [L'Illustration, Paris, 1924]

If Ye Break Faith, New Orleans, 1938. Creator: Unknown
If Ye Break Faith, New Orleans, 1938. St. Charles Theatre - Now Playing'. The Federal Theatre Project, created by the U.S

Reconnoitring at Cronstadt, 1854. Creator: Unknown
Reconnoitring at Cronstadt, 1854. Crimean War. Fort Peter I.; Fort Alexander; Fort Menschikoff; "Bulldog"; "Phlegethon"

Opening of the Bombardment of Sebastopol - Chapman's Battery, 1854. Creator: Unknown
Opening of the Bombardment of Sebastopol - Chapman's Battery, 1854. Crimean War. The Russian fire, though well directed

Attack by Orsini in front of the facade of the Opera on January 14, 1858, 1862. Creator: H Vittori
Attack by Orsini in front of the facade of the Opera on January 14, 1858, 1862

The Fieschi attack, boulevard du Temple, July 28, 1835. Creator: Francois-Gabriel-Guillaume Lepaulle
The Fieschi attack, boulevard du Temple, July 28, 1835

The Carnival at Rome - Explosion of a Hand-Grenade in the Carriage of the Prince of Musignano, 1850. Creator: Unknown
The Carnival at Rome - Explosion of a Hand-Grenade in the Carriage of the Prince of Musignano, 1850. Giuseppe Bonaparte, Prince of Musignano, had received several anonymous letters

A bomb explodes on the day of the wedding of the king and queen of Spain, Madrid, 1906, (1910)
A bomb explodes on the day of the wedding of King Alfonso XIII and Victoria Eugenie of Spain, Madrid, 31 May 1906, (1910)

An American pineapple, of the kind the Axis finds hard to digest... Fort Belvoir, VA, c1941-c1945. Creator: Unknown
An American pineapple, of the kind the Axis finds hard to digest, is ready to leave the hand of an infantryman in training at Fort Belvoir, Va. American soldiers make good grenade throwers

Bomb bay gasoline tanks for long flights... North American Aviation, Inc. Inglewood, Calif. 1942
Bomb bay gasoline tanks for long flights of B-25 bombers await assembly in the plant of North American Aviation, Inc. Inglewood, Calif

J. D. Estes at the Naval Air Base, Corpus Christi, Texas, 1942. Creator: Howard Hollem
J.D. Estes at the Naval Air Base, Corpus Christi, Texas

U2-2. Creator: Dan Springer
U2-2

Missile, Cruise, V-1 (Fi 103, FZG 76), ca. 1945. Creator: Gerhard Fieseler Werke GmbH
The V-1 (Vergeltungswaffe Eins, or Vengeance Weapon One), was the worlds first operational cruise missile. This name was given to it by the Nazi Propaganda Ministry

Army of the Potomac - Sleeping on Their Arms (Harpers Weekly, Vol. VIII), May 28, 1864. Formerly attributed to Winslow Homer

The Enemys New Defence System in 1917... (c1920). Creator: Unknown
The Enemys New Defence System in 1917: attacking one of the German concrete gun emplacements, (c1920). Allied soldiers throw grenades into a pillbox during the First World War

Italian Soldiers Equipped with Breast-plates, 1917. Creator: Unknown
Italian Soldiers Equipped with Breast-plates, 1917. From " The War Illustrated Album De Luxe - Volume VIII. Ending The First Three Years", edited by J. A. Hammerton

Lieutenant Forshaw throwing bombs continuously, Gallipoli, First World War, 1915, (c1920). Territorial Heroism on the Krithia Lines, August 8-9, 1915: how Lieutenant Forshaw

Bomb Droppers, 1914-1918, (c1920). Creator: Unknown
Bomb Droppers, 1914-1918, (c1920). A powerfully-engined, weight-carrying biplane, of the type used in bomb-dropping. The pilot is in his driving-seat in the bow

The Fairey Albacore, 1941. Creator: Unknown
The Fairey Albacore, 1941. British single-engine torpedo bomber built by Fairey Aviation, used during the Second World War

Sir T. Picton, (1758-1815), 1816. Creator: Unknown
Sir T. Picton, (1758-1815), 1816. Sir Thomas Picton (1758-1815), Welsh officer of the British Army during the Napoleonic Wars, was killed at the Battle of Waterloo, 1815, during a bayonet charge

An attack in Tokyo, 1932. Creator: Unknown
An attack in Tokyo, 1932. Un Attentat a Tokio. The Sakuradamon Incident on 9 January 1932 was an assassination attempt by a Korean independence activist, Lee Bong-chang (1900-1932)

One Nights Rations for a Bombing Squadron, (1919). Creator: Unknown
One Nights Rations for a Bombing Squadron, (1919). Scene from the First World War, 1914-1919: All these bombs were dropped on German munitions dumps, railways etc

Tobruk was the target at this time; it was the front door for Rommels supplies. While the shutter was open for this photograph, taken 10, 000 feet above an El Gubi landing ground

Getting Ready for the Raid, c1943. Creator: Cecil Beaton
Getting Ready for the Raid, c1943. Bombs being prepared for an RAF raid over Germany during World War Two. From " Wings On Her Shoulders", by Katharine Bentley Beauman

British Bombs on an Enemy Convoy, 1939-1940, (1941). Creator: Unknown
British Bombs on an Enemy Convoy, 1939-1940, (1941). From Fighter Pilot - A Personal Record of the Campaign in France. September 8th, 1939, to June 13th, 1940. [B. T. Batsford Ltd. London, 1941]

More British Bombs on an Enemy-Held Aerodrome, 1939-1940, (1941). Creator: Unknown
More British Bombs on an Enemy-Held Aerodrome, 1939-1940, (1941). From Fighter Pilot - A Personal Record of the Campaign in France. September 8th, 1939, to June 13th, 1940. [B. T. Batsford Ltd

Throwing grenades, front line, c1914-c1918. French soldiers in the trenches. Photograph from a series of glass plate stereoview images depicting scenes from World War I (1914-1918)

Bomb exploding, c1914-c1918. Photograph from a series of glass plate stereoview images depicting scenes from World War I (1914-1918)

Corporation Row, Finsbury, London, c1867; view of police standing amongst debris after a Fenian bomb explosion in Corporation Row, 1867 aimed at blowing up the House of Detention

Mark Lane, London, 1945. View of destruction between Mark Lane and Mincing Lane, from bomb damage sustained in 1942 during World War Two

St Mary-le-Bow, London, 1941. Interior view of St Mary-le-Bow showing bomb damage. The building is open to the sky and the ground is covered with rubble

Scene at Horse Guards Parade, London, 1816. The Prince Regent (later King George IV) is portrayed as the mortar known as the Regents Bomb

Bomb blast opposite the offices of JP Morgan & Co, New York, USA, 16 September, 1920. At 12.01 pm on 16 September 1920, a bomb concealed in a horse-drawn wagon was detonated on a crowded Wall Street

Women munitions workers putting a coat of paint on aerial bombs, World War I, c1914-c1918

Bombing up, 1941. Artist: Cecil Beaton
Bombing up, 1941. Air ground crew load bombs ready for deploying to aircraft. From Air of Glory, by Cecil Beaton. [His Majestys Stationery Office, London, 1941]

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