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60ft under runway
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Sat Apr 22, 2006 3:54 pmby Saitek
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/hamp ... 934102.stmNow, now who left that llaying around? :o Sounds a bit irresponsible - didn't anyone know about it when they planted it?
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Sat Apr 22, 2006 4:53 pmby ScorpiŠ¾n
My guess is that after so many bombs, mines and landmines planted during World War II (or any war, for that matter) it's easy to forget one.
Re: 60ft
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Sat Apr 22, 2006 4:58 pmby Woodlouse2002
Things were done in a hurry in 1940. It seems though that they did know about them. It said they blew several up fifteen years ago. Obviously it's not doing any harm where it is now...
Re: 60ft under runway
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Sat Apr 22, 2006 5:11 pmby C
Things were done in a hurry in 1940. It seems though that they did know about them. It said they blew several up fifteen years ago. Obviously it's not doing any harm where it is now...
I was going to say! They were planted at most SE airfields at the start of the war. Can't see what the fuss is about. They certainly weren't found - they were never lost in the first place!
Re: 60ft
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Sat Apr 22, 2006 5:14 pmby Hagar
They found just the same thing at Shoreham when they were building the hard runway in the early 1970s. They also found a hydraulically controlled hidden gun emplacement in the middle of the airfield. They had simply been forgotten after the end of WWII. I'll bet there's a lot more like it all over the country.
PS. They also found an unexploded German bomb.
Re: 60ft under runway
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Mon Apr 24, 2006 12:54 amby H
The Guam jungle is supposed to be off limits because much of the downed aircraft and unexploded bombs and rockets were left in there after WW2. Of course, the place is also overpopulated with wild boar so if someone should find a new crater with fresh strips of hot bacon, you'll know what happened.
Re: 60ft
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Mon Apr 24, 2006 5:31 amby myshelf
they find unexploded ordinance all the time over here, practically in any new developement, and sometimes even old basements.
Re: 60ft
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Mon Apr 24, 2006 5:34 amby Hagar
they find unexploded ordinance all the time over here
Where is "over here"?
Re: 60ft
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Mon Apr 24, 2006 5:36 amby myshelf
i live near hamburg now, but grew up in n
Re: 60ft
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Mon Apr 24, 2006 5:57 amby Woodlouse2002
[quote]i live near hamburg now, but grew up in n
Re: 60ft
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Mon Apr 24, 2006 6:20 amby myshelf
We did drop a lot of bombs on those two cities.
yeah well, whenever i see old pics of n
Re: 60ft under runway
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Mon Apr 24, 2006 2:43 pmby H
We did drop a lot of bombs on those two cities.
Yeah, Nazi Germany gave Britain a big supply and got even more in return. Such a wonderful deal of profit sharing.
