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Great photos Dava. I remember my mum telling me about when Christ Church Claughton on Borough Rd got bombed, the house next door to us fell down. We lived right opposite the school, if you are ever travelling down/up Borough Rd when you get to the school look right/left and you will see a big house on the ridge behind the ??service station?? thats were I lived.

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Originally Posted by dava2479
German bomber brought down in Bromborough dock.


This was a Junckers 88. It was put on display outside the Oval sports ground; I remember going to see it.
Great collection of pics. Thanks.


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Any chance of a larger version of the German bombing targets?
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Junkers 88 used on raids over birkenhead.

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For a Junkers that's been shot down, it looks in good nick ! Bet the RAF were rubbing their hands with glee with that little(?) prize !!

Didn't they have Mirlees engines ??

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Chris if I can found out how to enlarge those bombing targets I will do so and re-post them.

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Notice that the RAF have already painted out the German insignia and replacd it with Roundalls and tail markings, meaning they have been test flying it (so they wont get shot down!!) thumbsup


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Mindplayer, I will have a lok at that when I`m up there as I only work around the corner from there.Thanks.

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Bert,( wirral coastal defences) .Thanks for the reminder,hope that pic was what you was looking for.Unfortunatly I only have the 1.

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Pinzgaur,I totally agree with your view concerning the bomb disposal squad,as many of thier jobs was trial and error with the Germans constantly boobytrapping thier payload.Thus making thier job harder.If you have seen or manage to get hold of "Danger UXB" tv series,this is an accurate account of what they were faced with.

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Bomb damaged houses,1941

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I know the thread is about bombed Birkenhead and I don`t want to go off topic here but I`ve got a few pics of Liverpool as well,I want to put them on so everyone can enjoy them and so they are recorded as well.

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Flattened warehouses in 1941

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collapsed houses at 29 Clarence st.

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