Air-raid siren sounds the warning. Air-raid sirens first sounded the warning in London in September 1939. They became an almost daily part of life in the capital a year later during the height of ...

And for some reason, it reminds me of my youth. I grew up in a small town just outside London, and every Tuesday morning a WW2 air raid siren would go off, waking me from my slumber/hangover.

The model was never used operationally by the US, but did serve with the British, Canadian, Australian, South African, Greek and Italian air forces. The Baltimore debuted in June 1941, and began ...

A photograph authentically depicts then-British Prime ... War II wearing a "siren-suit"— a one-piece jumper designed to ...

The air raid warning system was developed in 1938/9 ... created by varying the power to the siren. The second was the all clear - a single, continuous note. After it was confirmed the skies ...