[Joe 6-pack]

Roosevelt’s fault.

[lowbuck]

There are lots and lots of unexploded bombs from WWII in Germany. Last week, near our house in Berlin, they dug up a 1000 pounder. Lots of folks got to move out for the night and it was defused and back they went.

It will be interesting to find out if someone made a mistake in this instance or if the cookie finally cooked off on this bomb.

[US Navy Vet]

It has been estimated by the Strategic Bombing Survey of 1947 that 60% of Allied Bombs did not hit their target and of those it will be unknown how many were buried and did not go off(duds). I would not ever be in heavy construction or farming in Germany, France or Belgium.

[HospiceNurse]

Late, but effective.

[SnakeDoctor]

>> A special commission is investigating the causes of the explosion, while prosecutors are considering whether the team leader should face charges of manslaughter through culpable negligence ...

Negligence? Good grief. Its a bomb squad.

SnakeDoc

[Carley]

Did I hear that there were some German citizens on the flotilla boat that caused all the uproar?

Isn’t life interesting these days.

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

The U.S. dropped bombs with randomly set time delay fuses (though none as long as fifty years) to discourage fire fighting, salvage and defusing efforts. A dud might be a dud or it might be a ticking time bomb.

Obviously that old ordinance can be quite touchy. Those sappers have my admiration. Sad, indeed.

[dfwgator]

[Tijeras_Slim]

Das Schmerz-Schließfach

[TPOOH]

"It was not immediately clear why the bomb, reportedly weighing 500kg (1,100lb), had detonated. "

famous last words.........."here, push this little button."

[Carlucci]

Will these deaths be officially considered casualties of WWII in the eyes of historians?

[AEMILIUS PAULUS]

My brother-in-law was a Civil Engineer working for a county in Germany. He ran into an unexpolded bomb while checking on a water project in a North German city.

[ScottinVA]

"Ach du lieber g...."

!!!!!Ka-BOOM!!!!!

[Gandalf_The_Gray]

It was not immediately clear why the bomb, reportedly weighing 500kg (1,100lb), had detonated.

1) An unusually long fuse...

2) A whack on the nose with a spanner...

Regards,
GtG

[fieldmarshaldj]

Yikes. RIP.

[Smokin' Joe]

It was not immediately clear why the bomb, reportedly weighing 500kg (1,100lb), had detonated.

In the glorious days of cheap mechanical watches, a shake or a smack would set them ticking again...

[Boiling point]

Funeral Director to women in black: I’m sorry Ma’am how did your son die so young?” Women: “He died from the allied bombings of WWII.” Funeral director: “I must admit I am not up on advances in science, I was unaware time travel was possible.”