German authorities defuse huge WWII bomb after evacuations

[guncrasher]

Because they did not put a red tarp on it.   Duh.

Stop asking stupid questions

damn germans always going with the reps  .


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[zack1234]

The Allies should pay for defusing that bomb

[Scherf]

was discovered by analyzing old aerial photographs

Is this something that is done regularly? What was the tip off that something might be there?

Seen on another board:

http://aerial.rcahms.gov.uk/database/record.php?usi=006-000-001-178-C

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was discovered by analyzing old aerial photographs

Is this something that is done regularly? What was the tip off that something might be there?

Yep!  It is SOP to survey WWII arial photos before beginning a construction project.  In the past two years or so, the main train station here in Stuttgart has been under construction. Several unexplored bombs have been found.

About 5 years ago, a bomb was found right here on Patch Barracks (Kurmaker Kaserne).

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The Allies should pay for defusing that bomb

Most are inferior British Munitions 

[Scherf]

I rather think that cookie was British, yes, old boy.

"We're flying Flying Fortresses at thirty thousand feet,
we're flying Flying Fortresses at thirty thousand feet.
We've bags of point-five ammo
and a teeny-weeny bomb..."


 
 

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Haha

I guess the USAAF didn't need 4000 lb bombs - it was more effective with it's accurate daytime bombing with smaller munitions

[zack1234]

Most are inferior British Munitions 

Its a outrage

[BreakingBad]

The Allies should pay for defusing that bomb

U funny.

[MiloMorai]

Most are inferior British Munitions 

Not my understanding as most are American 500lbers. 3,089,916 dropped vs Germany

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Not my understanding as most are American 500lbers. 3,089,916 dropped vs Germany

How many bombs did the British drop over German occupied territory (for comparison)?

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Not my understanding as most are American 500lbers. 3,089,916 dropped vs Germany

For the record, I was just stirring the pot for fun.  We really do need a good <sarcasm> emoticon.

[MiloMorai]

For the record, I was just stirring the pot for fun.  We really do need a good <sarcasm> emoticon.

I know you were.

This works good, 

You might find this of interest, http://www.usaaf.net/digest/operations.htm

[Randy1]

The Allies should pay for defusing that bomb

I sure would like to read how you came to that conclusion.  It would be a hoot.

[Karnak]

How many bombs did the British drop over German occupied territory (for comparison)?

I don't have a numbers breakdown, just tonnage.

Comparison of Effort and Effectiveness of Bomber Command Aircraft

	Total sorties	Total failed	Bomb load	Losses : sorties
Type	flown	to return	delivered (tons)	ratio per cent
Sterling	18,440	606	27,821	3.81
Blenheim	12,214	443	3,028	3.62
Ventura	997	38	726	3.60
Wellington	47,409	1,332	41,823	2.80
Boston	1,609	40	952	2.48
Halifax	82,773	1,830	224,207	2.28
Lancaster	156,192	3,340	608,612	2.13
Mosquito	39,795	254	26,867	0.63

The table is from page 324 of Mosquito by Sharp and Bowyer and is thus listed by loss rate from highest to lowest.