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A london airraid warden on duty, with a cup of tea, outside. Air raid precautions in the united kingdom wikipedia. With stan laurel, oliver hardy, edgar kennedy, jacqueline white. They had to supervise the blackout, and report people to the police who continually ignored it. Buy air raid wardens region 2 from amazons movies store. Antigas clothing for air raid wardens, 1941 a half length portrait of an air raid warden wearing gas protective clothing, gas mask and steel helmet. Air raid wardens had several main duties that they were trained to perform, which were all very difficult and time consuming tasks. German translation of airraid warden collins english.
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