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Description: | A crane was needed to remove this LT-type bus from a bomb crater on Balham High Road, following an air raid on 14 October 1940. The vehicle was only 23 metres away from the bomb when it fell.
The bomb made a hole in the tunnel below at Balham Underground station. Ballast, sand and water cascaded through the hole and blocked the exit to the surface. Of 600 people sheltering in the station, 64 were buried alive. Four London Transport staff also died. | Format: | image/jpeg | Publisher: | London Transport Museum | Rights holder: | Transport for London | Subjects: | Transport London at War | Temporal: | 30 Oct 1940 | Source: | London Transport Museum | Identifier: | http://www.20thcenturylondon.org.uk/rser... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | image/jpeg | Go to resource |
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