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The village lost its medieval church to bombs in World War II and has expanded much since the War, partly due to Lincoln’s proximity and partly to the RAF.

A large number of bombs had been dropped on and around the town, with over a hundred civilians and many more service personnel killed in the raids.

The tower lost its pinnacles through bomb damage in 1943, which also destroyed Market Arcade in the distance.

Within a few minutes the first bombs were falling; it was Sheffield's turn to be blitzed.

The farm, now called Crockford Bridge Farm, had its Dutch-style gable end damaged by a bomb during the Second World War.

On the night of 14 November 1940, German bombs destroyed the ancient cathedral church of St Michael.

It was damaged in a German bombing raid in May 1942 and subsequently renovated.

A decade earlier the Isle of Wight had known the hostile use of air-power, being one of the first areas to be bombed during the Battle of Britain.

In its original four-storey form Parade House was rather overpowering, but it lost two storeys to a German bomb in 1943.

All Saints' Church stands beside the entrance to the refinery, and it was bombed during the Second World War.

Repairs began, but when in 1942 they were almost complete, the hall was bombed and very badly damaged.

Bombs and demolition saw them off: the left side was rebuilt in the 1960s, and the right side was replaced by the dire Mall shopping centre in 1971.

On the left corner is Nunn's, the gents' outfitter's, which was hit by an unexploded bomb on 11 September 1940.

Five years after the end of the Second World War, there was still much evidence of the severe bombing around the cathedral.

Severely damaged by a bomb, its site is now occupied by Bristol and West House.

Bomb damage removed the buildings left of the white stucco, which were to be replaced by the Cremorne Estate in the 1950s.

The chancel east window was blown out by bomb blasts in 1944, and the vicarage severely damaged.

This is the east end of St Paul's Cathedral before the destruction of the Victorian high altar by a Second World War bomb in 1940.

Repairs began, but when in 1942 they were almost complete, the hall was bombed and very badly damaged.

The Victorian church was gutted in the 1941 blitz when its timber roof was destroyed by the incendiary bombs.

In 1995 members of the Royal Marine Band died here when the IRA bombed them during a parade.

The medieval church was destroyed by bombs in World War II intended for Lincoln or the RAF base, but in this view we look north past the Horse and Jockey pub in a view little changed since 1960.

Basingstoke was bombed three times during the Second World War.

During the Second World War, Clydebank, given its size, suffered the heaviest bombing in Britain.