C.J. Purnell Holding an Incendiary Bomb
C.J. Purnell, librarian and secretary of the London Library, slept on the premises throughout the Blitz. He here holds up an incendiary bomb that he was able to extinguish before it set light to the building
Picture No
11111950
Media ID
46690733
Size
3618px x 4046px
(2.9MB)
Credit
© Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans
Source
Unattributed photograph in The Bystander, 30 October 1940
Date
1940
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