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Lucky nobodys was killed
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Scary stuff. I wonder how much other unexploded ordinance there is lying around Europe.
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probably more than will ever be known my uncle was always digging something up from the field every few year at least to the 80s
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Lots. I know that the Dutch army ordnance disposal team still has a fulltime job just removing WW2 stuff. Some of it is still on the surface (found a 3" mortar bomb once) and some is in areas best left alone unless removal is necessary.
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Apparently some of those huge 'mines' used in WW1 which blew trenches apart failed to detonate at the time. While some were later discovered and dismantled at least one was never found and is still there somewhere.
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The stuff is everywhere here.
A B24 came down near the village where I now live...I found an incendiary 2 weeks ago.
Worse is the 20mm Flak they used....deadly.....just a slight knock will set them off.
They were very very lucky there....especially the digger driver.
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Back in '74 I worked on a Scottish trawler. The English Channel bottom is littered with unexploded ordnance. The galley wall had a poster with pictures of what a trawl might bring up: Mines, torpedoes, artillery shells and lots of bombs. When bombers developed mechanical trouble and had to return to base, they couldn't land with bombs aboard so they just dropped them in the water. While I was there, a trawler brought up a torpedo and a couple of fools tried to pry off its brass nose to sell. It blew up on deck and improved the gene pool. My boat's skipper told me he once brought up a whole airplane. Had to cut the trawl loose rather than risk explosives aboard sinking his boat.
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Im afraid that this is a pretty common occurence...even here in Ireland,a "neutral" country during WW2.There was a case of an unexploded WW2 grenade being used as a football somewhere here if i recall correctly plus there are so many cases of pipe bombs etc being found as well.
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