Panzerknacker
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A World War II bomb found in a field in North Yorkshire has been detonated in a controlled explosion. The 500lb (227kg) device was found in the field near Ebberston on Sunday by enthusiasts who were excavating a plane which crashed there in the 1940s.
More than 1,000 people living in Ebberston and nearby Allerston were evacuated and surrounding roads were closed ahead of the blast.
An RAF team carried out the controlled explosion at 1502 BST.
The team spent two days preparing for the blast, surrounding the device with dozens of one tonne sandbags to minimise the impact of the explosion.
A 300m cordon placed around the field was extended to more than a kilometre ahead of the detonation.
Leaflets about the evacuation were delivered to residents on Monday night and buses were put on to take people to the village hall at Snainton, which is about two miles away.
Animals grazing on fields in the affected area were also moved.
It is thought the aircraft was a Whitley bomber which was returning to the UK after being hit by flak over Germany.
The pilot and two crew were said to have parachuted from the plane before it crashed in the field.
According to one report, the bomb was found in the bucket of a digger ! :toilet: (the digger driver will be still shitting himself ! )
LOOK ON HERE : news.bbc.co.uk , AND CLICK 500LB BOMB !
OR WATCH THE NEWS !
Last week, bomb disposal teams detonated an unexploded second world war bomb at sea after it was dredged up by a fishing boat. After two failed attempts, crews managed to blow it up off the east Kent coast. The Germans used parachute mines against British targets in 1940 and 1941.
More than 1,000 people living in Ebberston and nearby Allerston were evacuated and surrounding roads were closed ahead of the blast.
An RAF team carried out the controlled explosion at 1502 BST.
The team spent two days preparing for the blast, surrounding the device with dozens of one tonne sandbags to minimise the impact of the explosion.
A 300m cordon placed around the field was extended to more than a kilometre ahead of the detonation.
Leaflets about the evacuation were delivered to residents on Monday night and buses were put on to take people to the village hall at Snainton, which is about two miles away.
Animals grazing on fields in the affected area were also moved.
It is thought the aircraft was a Whitley bomber which was returning to the UK after being hit by flak over Germany.
The pilot and two crew were said to have parachuted from the plane before it crashed in the field.
According to one report, the bomb was found in the bucket of a digger ! :toilet: (the digger driver will be still shitting himself ! )
LOOK ON HERE : news.bbc.co.uk , AND CLICK 500LB BOMB !
OR WATCH THE NEWS !
Last week, bomb disposal teams detonated an unexploded second world war bomb at sea after it was dredged up by a fishing boat. After two failed attempts, crews managed to blow it up off the east Kent coast. The Germans used parachute mines against British targets in 1940 and 1941.
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