For domestic use, there were three main types of air-raid shelters: anderson shelters this shelter was named after john anderson (later sir john), the then home secretary, who was responsible for. Landsborough air raid shelter is a heritage-listed air raid shelter at cribb street, landsborough, sunshine coast region, queensland, australia.it was built in 1942. it was added to the queensland heritage register on 3 april 2009.. Several different types of air raid shelters were used by the people of britain during the blitz of world war 2. some of these shelters made use of structures and underground spaces which already existed, and some of the shelters were constructed from scratch..
I was born three months before the second world war which started in 1939, and i lived in north london. so it was quite normal for me to expect german bombers to fly over our skies and drop bombs. air-raid sirens gave some warning - although not always enough.. Air-raid shelters, also known as bomb shelters, are structures for the protection of the civil population as well as military personnel against enemy attacks from the air. they are similar to bunkers in many regards, although they are not designed to defend against ground attack (but many have.... For domestic use there were three main types of air-raid shelters — - the ‘anderson’ shelter, named after john anderson (later sir john) the then home secretary who was responsible for air.
