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Description: | On February 15th 1941, at 23.08 to 05.55 on the morning of the 16th. South Shields, along with most of the North East coast from Hull to Berwick, was under attack from enemy aircraft. At 00.25, a Heinkel 111 was hit by gun fire and collided with a Barrage Balloon cable on the North Foreshore. The plane crashed in Beach Road. At 00.50 a mine which had not been released from the bomb rack of the plane exploded with terrific force. The explosion was seen and heard from beyond Newcastle, windows were broken in Tynemouth and North Shields.
Casualties included a Police Officer, one auxiliary Fireman, two other A.F.S died in hospital. Seventeen members of the Police Force, Fire Brigade A.F.S. were injured.
The model yacht house in the South Marine Park was destroyed, and parts of the plane, maps, papers and clothing were collected from the park and the lake. This photo shows the damage done to the model yacht house. | Format: | IMAGE/JPEG | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/uk/ | Publisher: | South Tyneside Libraries | Rights holder: | Cleet James Henry | Subjects: | War World Two | Source: | South Tyneside Images | Identifier: | http://www.southtynesideimages.org.uk/fr... | Language: | EN-GB | Format: | IMAGE/JPEG | Go to resource |
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