Very large bomb found in Exeter
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BBC Article HERE
There may be better-informed people on here, but from the picture in the article, that looks a lot like a Tallboy, the 6-ton bomb designed by Barnes Wallis to destroy particularly tough targets.
If this is the case, the 400m cordon sounds woefully inadequate.
There may be better-informed people on here, but from the picture in the article, that looks a lot like a Tallboy, the 6-ton bomb designed by Barnes Wallis to destroy particularly tough targets.
If this is the case, the 400m cordon sounds woefully inadequate.
handpaper said:
BBC Article HERE
There may be better-informed people on here, but from the picture in the article, that looks a lot like a Tallboy, the 6-ton bomb designed by Barnes Wallis to destroy particularly tough targets.
If this is the case, the 400m cordon sounds woefully inadequate.
Unusual for a British bomb to be found in the UK though? Surely it's more likely to be German? There may be better-informed people on here, but from the picture in the article, that looks a lot like a Tallboy, the 6-ton bomb designed by Barnes Wallis to destroy particularly tough targets.
If this is the case, the 400m cordon sounds woefully inadequate.
SC1200 was a very large German bomb containing 1,100kg of explosives. It was used as a "blast" bomb to open up roofs and would be followed by many smaller incendiaries to start fires.
SC1200 had a drawn steel body with a heavy cast steel nose cap for armour penetration. It was filled with Trialen 105, a mixture of 15% RDX, 70% TNT and 15% aluminium powder. A central exploder tube of high grade TNT ran down the centre of the explosives to ensure detonation. At the other end was a base plate, just forward of which the magnesium alloy tail was tack welded onto the body, and also bolted to the tail attachment brace. Around the nose of the bomb was a kopfring - a metal ring, triangular in cross section, designed to prevent ground penetration or to stop forward momentum when hitting water. The bomb was attached to the aircraft horizontally by an attachment band and hung from a H-type suspension lug. It could be horizontally suspended in a bomb bay or horizontally mounted on a fuselage hardpoint. - Wikipedia
SC1200 had a drawn steel body with a heavy cast steel nose cap for armour penetration. It was filled with Trialen 105, a mixture of 15% RDX, 70% TNT and 15% aluminium powder. A central exploder tube of high grade TNT ran down the centre of the explosives to ensure detonation. At the other end was a base plate, just forward of which the magnesium alloy tail was tack welded onto the body, and also bolted to the tail attachment brace. Around the nose of the bomb was a kopfring - a metal ring, triangular in cross section, designed to prevent ground penetration or to stop forward momentum when hitting water. The bomb was attached to the aircraft horizontally by an attachment band and hung from a H-type suspension lug. It could be horizontally suspended in a bomb bay or horizontally mounted on a fuselage hardpoint. - Wikipedia
PhillipM said:
handpaper said:
There may be better-informed people on here, but from the picture in the article, that looks a lot like a Tallboy, the 6-ton bomb designed by Barnes Wallis to destroy particularly tough targets..
Looks far too small for that. More like a 500lbPhillipM said:
Looks far too small for that. More like a 500lb
You can get a sense of scale if you look at the fuse in the side and have an idea of how big those usually are. It's quite a chunky firework they dug up. 500lb and 1000lb stuff is actually pretty small if you get a chance to look at it. A Mk 82 is surprisingly tiny until you bolt something like Paveway to it.
They found one about that size not far from where we keep our boat. Made quite a bang.
https://youtu.be/P0B1fN2pZLc
https://youtu.be/P0B1fN2pZLc
FourWheelDrift said:
21TonyK said:
Just how big a bang is that going to make? It's very, very close to the surrounding houses, flats etc!
Exeter council's 2021 Urban renewal programme.There was a big boiler or gas turbine in the factory. They found it half a mile away !!
Yes as others have mentioned the explosive power of WW2 bombs was immense......
This is a of picture of St Mary Redcliffe Cathedral Bristol.....during a raid on the city this piece of heavy gauge tram line was thrown over the building and embedded in the grave yard ...still there today.......
This is a of picture of St Mary Redcliffe Cathedral Bristol.....during a raid on the city this piece of heavy gauge tram line was thrown over the building and embedded in the grave yard ...still there today.......
Big Rat said:
Yes as others have mentioned the explosive power of WW2 bombs was immense......
This is a of picture of St Mary Redcliffe Cathedral Bristol.....during a raid on the city this piece of heavy gauge tram line was thrown over the building and embedded in the grave yard ...still there today.......
wow, that ^^ was incredibly lucky, just a few feet to the left and it would likely have completely destroyed that plaque !This is a of picture of St Mary Redcliffe Cathedral Bristol.....during a raid on the city this piece of heavy gauge tram line was thrown over the building and embedded in the grave yard ...still there today.......
handpaper said:
BBC Article HERE
There may be better-informed people on here, but from the picture in the article, that looks a lot like a Tallboy, the 6-ton bomb designed by Barnes Wallis to destroy particularly tough targets.
If this is the case, the 400m cordon sounds woefully inadequate.
There's an Esso petrol station and the main rail line between Devon & Cornwall and the rest of the country within 400 meters. Haven't heard any loud bangs yetThere may be better-informed people on here, but from the picture in the article, that looks a lot like a Tallboy, the 6-ton bomb designed by Barnes Wallis to destroy particularly tough targets.
If this is the case, the 400m cordon sounds woefully inadequate.
Scotty2 said:
There was a documentary in 3 parts (I think) that showed the affects of various types of bombs dropped in WW2. I think they built a terraced row of houses (well partly) specifically for the show.
Googlefu not working for me and I can't remember channel...
Tony Robinson presented it - was on Yesterday channel.Googlefu not working for me and I can't remember channel...
Edited to add - called Blitz Street and originally on channel 4 https://www.channel4.com/press/news/blitz-street
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