First daylight air raid on London kills 162 - On this day in history

On 13 June 1917, 162 people were killed, including 46 children, in the first daylight air raid on London by German Gotha GV bombers. The attack involved 20 huge Gothas and it was the deadliest air raid of World War I.

Photographs in the Imperial War Museums’ collections show the devastation caused, including to the Royal Hospital, Chelsea © IWM (HO 33): http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205196284.