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WW2 Bomb found on Cannock Chase, UK.

Article about: My daughter lives local to where this bomb was discovered and she just sent me this link: Cannock Chase sealed off in wartime bomb alert « Express & Star Cheers, Ade.

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    My daughter lives local to where this bomb was discovered and she just sent me this link:

    Cannock Chase sealed off in wartime bomb alert « Express & Star

    Cheers, Ade.
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    Ta for posting this Ade.

    Further to the news report of it being "believed to be a 250lb Mark 5 British bomb used for target practice", the red band suggests it's actually a British GP bomb with HE filling.

    All the best,
    PB
    Last edited by Paul B; 07-06-2010 at 01:05 AM.

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    When I was working nearby a few weeks ago, one of the members of staff was telling me how they used to pick up cartridges and even artillery shells on 'The Chase'. The local council are draining the Chase for some reason at the minute and this is why the stuff is being found. Might well be worth a visit with the ol' MD !!

    Steve T

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    WOW !

    RAF Hednesford was an ENORMOUS place !

    RAF Hednesford - Midlands Heritage Forum

    Steve T

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    When i was a kid we used to go up the Chase with my dad and pick up dozens of spent bullets and cases, i wonder if it was there? These days Ansons Bank is more notoriously known as the car park where footballer Stan Collymore was caught 'walking his dog'......if you know what i'm reffering to!

    Regards, Ned.
    'I do not think we can hope for any better thing now.
    We shall stick it out to the end, but we are getting weaker of course, and the end cannot be far.
    It seems a pity, but I do not think I can write more. R. SCOTT.
    Last Entry - For God's sake look after our people.'

    In memory of Capt. Robert Falcon Scott, Edward Wilson, Henry Bowers, Lawrence Oates and Edgar Evans. South Pole Expedition, 30th March 1912.

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    Isnt this near the old underground Bomb storage faclility that blew up?

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    Rugeley is about 10 miles SW of the crater at the former RAF Fauld underground bomb store.

    All the best,
    PB

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