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General Forums => The O' Club => Topic started by: atlau on November 04, 2013, 06:48:31 AM
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http://www.foxnews.com/world/2013/11/03/german-authorities-order-20000-people-to-leave-their-homes-before-defusing-huge/?intcmp=obinsite
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Yes, they found a cookie in the neighboring city:
(http://media0.faz.net/polopoly_fs/1.2646862!/image/3202926786.jpg_gen/derivatives/default/3202926786.jpg)
(http://media1.faz.net/polopoly_fs/1.2646861!/image/4036769052.jpg_gen/derivatives/default/4036769052.jpg)
A few more pictures can be found here in a picture gallery (http://www.derwesten.de/staedte/dortmund/entschaerfung-in-dortmund-img1-id8627577.html)
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Ok I have to ask.....why did the put a blue tarp over the rear of the bomb?
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Couldn't have been that dangerous with all those spectators.
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Couldn't have been that dangerous with all those spectators.
The pictures were taken after the bomb had been defused.
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But we still don't know the secret of the blue tarp.
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But we still don't know the secret of the blue tarp.
To cover its balls.
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To cover its balls.
AND it's butt!
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I like the company name signs in the background. This company gets a little free advertisement from this find.
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Haha at Bruderer they Build and Test Big Steel Press Maschines Wooof WOOOf Woooof and no Boom :)
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Bomb still buried there at the time this picture
(http://i1145.photobucket.com/albums/o507/Snaildude/vorher_zps2914a441.jpg)
was taken.
Must be an odd feeling to know you parked on a 4,000lbs bomb all that time... :uhoh
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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?
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Is this something that is done regularly?
In many regions it is. In some, (Lower Saxony comes to my mind), it was stopped for financial reasons.
What was the tip off that something might be there?
My guess: An impact crater too small for an exploded bomb. Or something like that.
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This thread is a good place to plug a book I've plugged before: [urlhttp://www.amazon.com/Aftermath-Remnants-Landmines-Warfare-The-Devastating/dp/067975153X][/url] you can get it from your library. Also if you get a chance to see this: http://www.bombhunters.com/ (http://www.bombhunters.com/) I recommend.
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Ok I have to ask.....why did the put a blue tarp over the rear of the bomb?
Because they did not put a red tarp on it. Duh.
Stop asking stupid questions
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Because they did not put a red tarp on it. Duh.
Stop asking stupid questions
damn germans always going with the reps :bhead :bhead :bhead.
semp
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The Allies should pay for defusing that bomb :old:
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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?
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 :old:
Most are inferior British Munitions :joystick:
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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..."
:airplane:
:old:
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Haha :aok
I guess the USAAF didn't need 4000 lb bombs - it was more effective with it's accurate daytime bombing with smaller munitions :D
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Most are inferior British Munitions :joystick:
Its a outrage :old:
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The Allies should pay for defusing that bomb :old:
U funny.
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Most are inferior British Munitions :joystick:
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.
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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, :devil
You might find this of interest, http://www.usaaf.net/digest/operations.htm
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The Allies should pay for defusing that bomb :old:
I sure would like to read how you came to that conclusion. It would be a hoot.
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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.
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The Allies should pay for defusing that bomb :old:
We sent them a blue tarp. What more do you want?
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I sure would like to read how you came to that conclusion. It would be a hoot.
Because the Allies started the war :old:
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Because the Allies started the war :old:
should i start in on this guys SADLY neglected education?
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We're going to need that sarcasm smiley again.
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Because the Allies started the war :old:
(http://pixhost.me/avaxhome/4f/f3/0025f34f_medium.jpeg)
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Here's what I have on unexploded bombs from the Allies;
(http://i937.photobucket.com/albums/ad212/mhuxt/AlliedUXBs_zps971caa14.gif) (http://s937.photobucket.com/user/mhuxt/media/AlliedUXBs_zps971caa14.gif.html)
Davis makes the point that, taken together, the Allies were flying one bomber in five empty across the Reich.
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The UK gave the Germans all the photographs to find the UXB's
The Allies declared war on the Germans :old:
Keene is talking gibberish :old:
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It is true that France and Britain started WWII, but Germany provoked it by invading a country allied with Britain.
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The UK gave the Germans all the photographs to find the UXB's
"It's a outrage!"
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Ok I have to ask.....why did the put a blue tarp over the rear of the bomb?
Most likely it's the end they took off to diffuse bomb. You know construction workers smoke and throw their butts into the hole they dig. Exposed explosive material is quite flammable. :D
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Keene is talking gibberish :old:
It is the language you are most likely to understand.
I'm always thinking of my target audience. :rock
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It is true that France and Britain started WWII, but Germany provoked it by invading a country allied with Britain.
That's a stretch.
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Thanks for the replies fellaz. Must be a bit of an undertaking when you start digging around over there.