The Blitz

Reconstruction of an Aderson Shelter in the exhibition

At the climax of the Battle of Britain, the Luftwaffe started daylight raids on London - the Blitz. By the end of the war, hardly a town or city in Britain had not been bombed.

Raids became particularly fierce again in 1944 and 1945 when V1 pilotless flying bombs and V2 rockets terrorised London and the South. V1s were famously known as 'Doodlebugs' and you can see one in the exhibition.

What was it like to live through these bombing raids? You can get some idea by looking in the exhibition's reconstructed Anderson Bomb Shelter. Although Anderson Shelters were usually dug into the garden, this one has been constructed on the hangar floor so that you can look inside.