Napsbury Landmine, April 1941.

iBase ID

10345

Title

Napsbury Landmine, April 1941.

Short Title

Napsbury Landmine, April 1941.

Collection

[not our collections]

Sub collection

Wickens Family

Description

A landmine was dropped on Napsbury Hospital in London Colney in 19th April 1941. It is not known if it was in fact intended for the nearby Radlett Aerodrome. Frederick Fitzjohn was a male nurse on duty on ward M4 at Napsbury at the time and took these photographs the next day. Kindly loaned to St Albans Museums for reproduction and inclusion in this image database from the family collection of Mrs M. Wickens (daughter of Frederick Fitzjohn).

Type of Original

photographic print

Original Photographer or Artist

Fitzjohn, Frederick Charles

Date of Original

1941

Period of Original

Second World War Period (1939 - 1945)

Neg No.

PX9869

High Resolution File Name

PX9869napsbury.tif

High Resolution CD No

CD 1008

Raw File CD No

CD 1010

Scanned From

12)original photograph

Scanned By

Amy Cooke

2)© reserved

Location in Image

Napsbury Hospital, Shenley Lane, London Colney, Hertfordshire, UK.

Compiled By

Amy Cooke

Date Compiled

01/05/2009

Original File Details

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Uploaded On

2016-02-29 21:33:02

File Name

21801_4.jpg

File Type

Image

File Extension

JPEG

Size

545.00 KB

Height (pixels)

2152 px

Width (pixels)

3058 px

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