Western Approaches World War II Museum, Liverpool |
Western Approaches World War II Museum, Liverpool |
Secret underground WWII Bunker |
WWII Ship Identification |
WWII Aircraft Identification |
Way in to Operations and Signals |
Western Approaches command was in a bunker beneath Derby House in Liverpool |
You are now passing through the 2 ft reinforced ceiling |
Entering Western Approaches Combined HQ, Derby House |
Entering Western Approaches Combined HQ, Derby House |
Front Desk, Western Approaches |
Flags of the WWII Allied nations |
Western Approaches Command moved from Plymouth to Liverpool in 1941 |
Communications, Western Approaches |
Communications, Western Approaches |
Nautical chart of the British Isles and the North Sea |
The Western Approaches Operations Room |
Every U-Boat, Ship and Aircraft was plotted on this large wall map |
North Atlantic plotting chart, Western Approaches Operations Room |
Aircraft Tracking Board, Operations Room, Western Approaches |
Dress-up, Western Approaches |
Sun and Moon times at N56/W010, Western Approaches |
Operations Room, Western Approaches |
Operations Room, Western Approaches |
Operations Room, Western Approaches |
Operations Room, Western Approaches |
Commander's Office, Western Approaches |
Commander's Office, Western Approaches |
Commander's Office, Western Approaches |
Commander's Office, Western Approaches |
Speech on Telephones is Not Secret |
Daily Express, Sunday, September 3 1939, the declaration of war against Germany |
View of the Operations Room from the Commander's Office |
Western Approaches Tactical Unit |
Captain Johnnie Walker, Western Approaches |
Johnnie Walker |
German U-Boat model |
Switchboard Control Rack, Western Approaches |
Telephone Switchboard, Western Approaches |
WWII-era typewriter and telephone |
German bomb, Western Approaches |