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For the purposes of the DPA we are a data controller, registration reference ZA332713, established in the United Kingdom although visitors and users of the website who may be “data subjects” for the purposes of the DPA may be located anywhere in the world. Personal information individually identifies a person, eg, by their name, qualifications, address, email address or phone number and can include sensitive information. This statement applies to all such information which comes into our possession.
We are committed to protecting privacy and will only use your details for purposes listed below, once permission has been granted by agreeing to our terms & conditions. Under no circumstances will we rent, sell or share personal information about you with other people or non-affiliated companies, unless ordered to do so by law enforcement organisation. We will collect information about you if you make general, sales or employment inquiries through the website; we will use your details to respond to your request.
We process data in accordance with the principles of the DPA, which include:
We take appropriate measures to ensure that any data that goes outside the EEA is adequately protected. When you use the relevant forms and submit them to us, this is your consent to our terms and conditions. We cannot guarantee or warrant the security of the data submitted by any person. We reserve the right to disclose data if required to do so by law or to protect Bombs Away Ltd.
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We are fully compliant with the seven principles of the General Data Protection Regulations:
You have the right to request a copy of the personal information held by us and a fee of £15 will be charged. Please contact us if you need this information.
You have the right:
Please contact our Data Controller at privacy@bombsaway.ltd if you have any queries relating to these matters.
Bombs Away ® and the inverted red triangle are registered trademarks, number UK00003271574 and UK00003360887.
This content on website is copyright and any unauthorised reproduction is forbidden.
Photographs used on this website are either the property of Bombs Away Ltd, used under licence, used with permission or in the public domain. When photographs are used under licence, their use does not imply the owners endorsement of this site.
If you think there is an error in attribution or in the unlikely event that you believe there has been infringement of copyright, please advise us of your concerns at the earliest opportunity by emailing us at compliance@bombsaway.ltd
Photo sources are as follows-
Home page:
1. London scene. Credit: © Godaddy
2. Danger UXB street sign, University College Hospital, London, 1948. Credit: Public domain.
3. Bomb map. Credit: Public domain, copyright extinguished under Enemy Property Act 1953
4. Tower crane and building. Credit: © Bombs Away
5. Office environment. Credit: © Bombs Away
Contact page:
1. Aerial view of construction sites. Credit: © Godaddy & © Bombs Away
FAQ page:
1. Excavators by road. Credit: © Godaddy
2. London site. Credit: © Bombs Away.
About us page:
1. London site. Credit: © Bombs Away
2. Picture of Managing Director. Credit: © ITV
WW1 German bombs:
1. 300kg Edinburgh museum. © Kim Traynor, used under shared licence.
2. Conical incendiaries. Credit: Public domain, copyright expired.
3. Multiple bomb photo. Credit: Public domain, copyright expired.
4. 100kg PuW. Credit: © Bombs Away
5. Gotha photo. Credit: Public domain, copyright expired.
German WW2 bombs:
1. 1000kg photo. Credit: © Bombs Away
2. 1000kg diagram. Credit: Public domain, copyright expired.
3. 1000kg recovery. Credit: Public domain
4. Luftmine B, Woolwich, 1940-42. Credit: Public domain, formerly Australian War Memorial, copyright expired.
5. Flam 500 diagram. Credit: Public domain, copyright expired.
6. Flam 250 photo. Credit: © Bombs Away.
7. Not used
8. Photo of bombs. Credit: Public domain, 1942 photo of Rita Hayworth & Leslie Brooks.
9. Colour diagram of bombs. Credit: Public domain, copyright extinguished under Enemy Property Act 1953.
10. Yellow SD2. Credit: © Bombs Away.
11. SD2 diagram. Credit: Public domain, from 1944 training manual "Booby Traps", figure 9, copyright expired.
12. Incendiary diagram. Credit: Public domain, copyright expired.
13. Incendiaries, 2nr. Credit: © Bombs Away.
WW2 German rockets
1. V2 diagram. Credit: © Eberhard Marx, used under licence.
2. V1 photo. Credit: © Bundesarchiv, Bild 146-1975-117-26 / Lysiak, used under licence.
3. V1 bomb strike map. Credit: Public domain, Crown copyright expired.
4. V2 photo. Credit: Public domain, Crown copyright expired.
5. V2 bomb strike map. Credit: Public domain, Crown copyright expired.
Allied ordnance
1. 2inch mortar. Credit: © Bombs Away
2. Blacker Bombard, July 1941. Credit: Public domain, Crown copyright expired.
3. Sticky bomb, 1943. Credit: Public domain, Crown copyright expired.
4. AAA rounds & men, Sept 1943. Credit: Public domain, formerly Australian War Memorial, copyright expired.
5. Mills bomb. Credit: © Jean-Louis Dubois, used under licence.
6. Landmine. Credit: © Bombs Away
7. Pipe mine testing, 1940. Credit: Public domain, Crown copyright expired.
Historical overview
1. ROC, St Pauls in background. Credit: © New Times Paris Bureau Collection/USIA/NARA, used under licence.
2. Firefighters during London Blitz, 1941. Credit: © New York Times Paris Bureau Collection, used under licence.
3. CoL scene, 7th Sept 1940. Credit: © New York Times Paris Bureau Collection, used under licence.
WW1 bombardment:
1. Map. Credit: Public domain, formerly HMSO/ War Office, Crown copyright expired.
2. Gotha photo. Credit: Public domain, copyright expired.
WW2 bombardment:
1. He111 over Isle of Dogs, 7th Sept 1940. Credit: Public domain, copyright extinguished under Enemy Property Act 1953.
2. First bomb plaque. Credit: © Bombs Away.
3. V1 damage photo. Credit: Public domain, Crown copyright expired.
4. Bomb damage, Rhyl. Credit: © Bombs Away.
5. Camouflet. Credit: Public domain, ARP pamphlet, Crown copyright expired.
Former airfields:
1. Aerial photo. Credit: Public domain, Crown copyright expired.
Decoy sites:
1. Dornier Do17Z dropping bombs, June 1940. Credit: © Bundesarchiv, Bild 101I-341-0489-13 / Spieth, used under licence.
Training areas:
1. Minsmere. Credit: © Bombs Away.
Defensive positions:
1. Pillbox. Credit: © Bombs Away
2. Road block, August 1941. Credit: Public domain, Crown copyright expired.
3. Auxiliary Unit OB drawing. Credit: Public information from TNA.
Munition factories:
1. Munitions, Chilwell, July 1917. Credit: Public domain, Crown copyright expired.
Aircraft crash sites:
1. Do17, 18 Sept 1940, Biggin Hill. Credit: Public domain, Crown copyright expired.
Inaccessible areas:
1. Rainham Marsh. Credit: © Bombs Away.
2. Essex landfill UXO. Credit: Public domain.
3. 10.5mm German AAA round. Credit: © Bombs Away.
UXO overseas
1. Lancaster releasing a 4000lb HC "cookie" and 108 30lb "J" incendiaries. Credit: Public domain, Crown copyright expired.
Free UXO awareness training
1. Presentation. Credit: © Godaddy
Useful links:
1. Excavator. Credit: © Godaddy
Photo gallery:
1. Background to email subscription: Credit: © Bombs Away
2. All photos in gallery. Credit: © Ministry of Defence, used with permission and under licence.
Possess inert UXO:
1. WW1 grenade. Credit: © Bombs Away.
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