GusM Posted October 22, 2019 Share Posted October 22, 2019 Sure I remember seeing somewhere that one of the bombs went straight through the Tirpitz without exploding. Might be wrong but seems plausible given the velocities achieved by them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrahamF Posted October 22, 2019 Share Posted October 22, 2019 23 hours ago, GrahamF said: One of the Squadrons in my barracks were EOD [ Explosive Ordnance Disposal] when I was in the Army and I heard that one of things they discovered in London was when one of the big gasometers [ Gas Storage Tanks ] were dismantled a bomb was discovered just lying inside it, they realised that after a bombing raid the holes in the top of these tanks were just plated over and not checked inside, so when they checked others some of them also had bombs lying in them. Graham Here's the very incident :- https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/51235/page/1495/data.pdf Kagemusha 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dennismcc Posted October 23, 2019 Author Share Posted October 23, 2019 14 hours ago, GrahamF said: Here's the very incident :- https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/51235/page/1495/data.pdf That is scary, those guys certainly earned their pay, the consequences of an exploding bomb in a gasometer would be appalling. Cheers Dennis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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