When were air raid shelters made?

Answer 1

Morrison shelters, officially termed Table (Morrison) Indoor Shelters, were designed by John Baker and named after Herbert Morrison, the English Minister of Home Security at the time.

Anderson shelters were named after sir John Anderson and designed by sir John Wemyes.

Answer 2

Air Aid shelters were made during the first and second world war to keep people safe from the bombs that were dropped by the German's. And also in other wars from WWII and I like he said to modern days.

Answer 3

Air-raid shelters, also known as bomb shelters, are structures for the protection of the civil population as well as military personnel against enemy attacks from the air. One countermeasure to the 'deep shelter mentality' and to ensure the widest possible dispersion of civilians during a raid was by distributing shelters which could be erected in householders' gardens. The development of the Anderson Shelter is usually attributed to the Home Secretary of the time John Anderson, later Sir John Anderson.

On the 10th of November, 1938 John Anderson presented his problem to the engineer William Paterson who, along with his co-director Oscar Carl Kerrison, produced within a week the first blueprint and, within a fortnight, the first model. The first German air attack took place in London on the evening of 7 September 1940. Within months, Liverpool, Birmingham, Coventry and other cities were hit too.By the autumn of 1940 the government realised that air-raid shelters on the surface did not offer very good protection from high explosive bombs so deeper shelters were used.

Answer 4

No. Air power was such that bombing of civillian targets (Zeppelins excepted) was not an option. I'm thinking it was first used in the Spanish Civil War.

Answer 5

The civilian air raid shelters were little better than steel cages to be assembled in living rooms, or slightly bigger ones to be assembled in gardens