March 2012
A simplified version of the civilian war dead list. Addresses in the York area where civilians were killed by bombing on the night of 29 April 1942. Explanatory notes and links are included below. You can also view the Google map.
2012
There are many familiar street names on the lists of air raid damage and casualties from the ‘Baedeker’ raid of 1942. One street name probably not so familiar is Pickering Terrace.
I could find no trace of it … More …
April 2011
These photographs show the hutments behind the Art Gallery around the time of their construction, during the Second World War.
This exterior view shows the hutments complex, with the Minster … More …
2011
This headstone in York Cemetery marks the resting place of one of the casualties of the ‘Baedeker raid‘ on 29 April 1942. Arthur Broadhead was a fireman with the National Fire Service, and … More …
2011
During the years of the Second World War, when York was surrounded by airfields, aircraft crashes were common, as the many memorials testify.
A memorial on Fulford golf course, not far from the university … More …
2011
This memorial at the Yorkshire Air Museum at Elvington is dedicated to ‘Members of the Women’s Auxilliary Air Force who died in service in Yorkshire during WWII.’ It lists … More …
February 2011
The ‘Baedeker raid’ on York was the most destructive bombing raid on the city. It wasn’t the only time York was bombed during the war years, but it’s the most … More …
February 2011
Stephen was born in York in 1929 and was 13 years old at the time of the air raid on York in April 1942. Also included on this site are Stephen’s memories of living in York through the war, in a walk through wartime York.
“The night … More …
