Bomb Locating,

[EODONE]

The attachment is a snap of a team from the Bomb Disposal, RE, Horsham taken during a happy snap break in a back garden in Margate. The tool being used is a 9" earth auger which we manage to get down some 25feet we would do these in paterns of 3 holes at the apex or corners of a triangel at 3 feet centres then lower down a Locator which was known or called the ERA Bomb Locator once the bomb was located a 9 x 8 Foot timber shaft would be sunk to recover the bomb , in this case a 250kg. yes we had all the best kit, note Spr sat on auger being used for a weight & and it worked. taken in 1965.:tinysmile_twink_t2:

REgards John

 

[John D. Bartleson Jr.]

What? no Forester, you are dating yourself using the ERA locator. No Hands-England drilling rig? No room in the garden anyway.
how deep was it?
John

 

[EODONE]

John we only had the hands england Drilling rig then & the Forster Locater 4013 was just coming in to use although was not yet adapted for lowering down the bore hole and dating I went to UKLF Bomb Disposal Team RE in 64?