WW2 Claims another life (1 Viewer)

[Rob]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...river-dies-instantly-explosion-near-Bonn.html

 

[jazzeum]

You have to wonder how many more people will die. I also wonder how long these bombs can be active before losing their potency.

 

[Rob]

You have to wonder how many more people will die. I also wonder how long these bombs can be active before losing their potency.

Too sad isn't it Brad. The world moved on and yet still people are dying. Can't imagine how many of these lie at the bottom of the Thames.

Rob

 

[Mitch]

That is terrible. I am sure sadly though it won't be the last with the amount of ordnance that was dropped by the RAF/USAAF on Germany
Mitch

 

[Terp152]

The French are constantly digging up ordnance in gardens, fields ,etc. They lose several EOD personnel every yr, so I've read. Bombs would be uncovered during construction when I was stationed in Germany. A mustard gas cache was found next to the runway at Frankfurt Flughafen in the late '80s. Even dug up a Zeppelin engine, which was cleaned up and placed in a museum. Chris

 

[RPZ]

If I recall correctly there is one of those multi-ton tunnel bombs that remains buried somewhere in France from WW1

 

[Rob]

If I recall correctly there is one of those multi-ton tunnel bombs that remains buried somewhere in France from WW1

Yes thats quite correct. There is I believe at least two and possibly three. Another exploded in 1955 during a thunderstorm

Rob

 

[waynepoo]

A sad and terrible thing to happen and will happen again for a long time to come I'm afraid, but I find it strange that we don't hear of this sort of thing happening in Japan, is it not reported in the media? does it not happen there, just wondering.
Wayne.

 

[uksubs]

A sad and terrible thing to happen and will happen again for a long time to come I'm afraid, but I find it strange that we don't hear of this sort of thing happening in Japan, is it not reported in the media? does it not happen there, just wondering.
Wayne.

The American Airforce firebomb mainland Japan with incendiary bombs instead of iron bombs as there buildings are mainly made of wood and burn well

 

[waynepoo]

The American Airforce firebomb mainland Japan with incendiary bombs instead of iron bombs as there buildings are mainly made of wood and burn well

The U.S.A.A.F dropped 160,800 tons of bombs on Japan during the war, approx 70/80,000 tons of these were incendiary (mainly in 1945) the rest were 'iron bombs', aircraft factories, ships and ship yards were not made of bamboo, wood and rice paper.
Wayne.

 

[PanzerAce1944]

Amazing and very sad story. Makes one wonder how many more bombs are still in that area.