NHER 53431 (Monument record) - World War Two bomb craters on Helena Road, Norwich

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Summary

Two World War Two bomb craters are visible as earthworks on aerial photographs. They lay on the west side of Helena Road, Norwich, an area that was particularly badly hit in the ‘Baedeker’ raids of April 1942. Later aerial photographs indicate that the craters had been substantially levelled by 1944.

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Map sheet	TG20NW
Civil Parish	NORWICH, NORWICH, NORFOLK

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June 2010. Norfolk NMP.
Two World War Two bomb craters are visible as earthworks on aerial photographs (S1), centred at TG 2148 0908 and TG 2149 0903. They lay on the west side of Helena Road, Norwich, an area that a bibliographic source (S2) records as being particularly badly hit in the ‘Baedeker’ raids of April 1942, in the immediate aftermath of which the photographs were taken. Later aerial photographs (S3) indicate that the craters had been almost entirely levelled by 1944.
S. Tremlett (NMP), 10 June 2010.

Associated Sources (3)

<S1> SNF74690 Vertical Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1942. RAF HLA/447 (FP) 67-8 30-APR-1942 (NMR).
<S2> SNF72656 Monograph: Banger, J.. 2003. Norwich at War.. pp 53-54.
<S3> SNF74268 Vertical Aerial Photograph: USAAF. 1944. US/7PH/GP/LOC258 5009-10 28-MAR-1944 (NMR).

Site and Feature Types and Periods (1)

BOMB CRATER (World War Two - 1939 AD to 1945 AD)

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Record last edited

Jun 11 2010 1:09PM