Exactly, it is located in Peschiera del Garda. but it is really strange that this type of bomb is here. in Italy they have never been used. Perhaps the German troops brought her to Italy to use her but then this did not happen.. Can you tell me more about this "Ordnance Disposal Unit"? I can guarantee you that it is a 2500 kg SC. The colors are wrong, but this is the bomb.
Hey G1u,
I'm afraid I can't tell you anything about the unit(s).
All the info I had (about the expo) came from a flyer which I incidentally picked up somewhere when on a holiday in the region.
It wasn't untill the very evening before flying home, that we, after having had diner in "some village near Peschiera", literally walked by the place (some sort of tower iff I remember correctly) where the expo was held. I only recognized it as the place had some banners on flagpoles. It must be/have been a very small local venue.
That time of day the place, natrurally, was closed. So I never got to visit.
I do remember the expo being about the ERW clearance work that took place around/ in /on Lago di Garda in the early period post WW2. Besides that, there was some focus on naval ordnance, as Lago di Garda had been mined against shipborne movements.
So retrieving info on the expo might be a lead towards futher fact finding. I've tried, but so far, in vain.
The buildings directly near the site of the "Max" at Peschiera somehow struck me as possibly being of military origin (I was in the RNLA for some years), industrial at least.
With "Max" placed at that specific site (why there iff no historical connection?) to me it seemed possible that some unit might have been stationned in those buildings. So maybe finding out about the history of these buildings, may provide leads??
I do not know whether or not the expo was temporary, or in what village it was. I am certain that we did not travel far from Peschiera for diner (say a 15/20 min. drive tops). As we had to rise early next day, and my daughter only being eight at the time.
Sorry, I can't provide anything more solid.
Best regards