Simviation Forum - 60ft under runway

Apr 22^nd, 2006 at 4:54pm

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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/hampshire/4934102.stm

Now, now who left that llaying around? Shocked

Sounds a bit irresponsible - didn't anyone know about it when they planted it?

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Reply #1 - Apr 22^nd, 2006 at 5:53pm

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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.

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Reply #2 - Apr 22^nd, 2006 at 5:58pm

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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... Tongue

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Reply #3 - Apr 22^nd, 2006 at 6:11pm

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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... Tongue

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!

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Reply #4 - Apr 22^nd, 2006 at 6:14pm

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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.

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Reply #5 - Apr 24^th, 2006 at 1:54am

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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. 8)

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Reply #6 - Apr 24^th, 2006 at 6:31am

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they find unexploded ordinance all the time over here, practically in any new developement, and sometimes even old basements.

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Reply #7 - Apr 24^th, 2006 at 6:34am

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they find unexploded ordinance all the time over here

Where is "over here"?

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Reply #8 - Apr 24^th, 2006 at 6:36am

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i live near hamburg now, but grew up in nürnberg, where it ain't much better.

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Reply #9 - Apr 24^th, 2006 at 6:57am

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i live near hamburg now, but grew up in nürnberg, where it ain't much better.

We did drop a lot of bombs on those two cities. Tongue

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Reply #10 - Apr 24^th, 2006 at 7:20am

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We did drop a lot of bombs on those two cities. Tongue

yeah well, whenever i see old pics of nürnberg's center city, i'm astonished that there are some buildings still standing

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Reply #11 - Apr 24^th, 2006 at 3:43pm

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We did drop a lot of bombs on those two cities. Tongue

Yeah, Nazi Germany gave Britain a big supply and got even more in return. Such a wonderful deal of profit sharing. Shocked

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