Collected this little beauty last weekend, some lovely drop damage and mint untouched condition (see photos) also some lovely stamps and dated 1938 so a nice early one. This Sd50 is known to have been dropped on Eastbourne in Sussex and was displayed in a pub for many years after the war, it could in fact be from a raid where the Luftwaffe hit several pubs in the town of Eastbourne in one night, the press nick named the raid "the pub crawl". Apparently there is a photo of a UXB Sd50 in the doorway of a pub in Eastbourne after this particular raid - could be this very bomb! it would make sense that it was displayed inside the pub after being rendered safe by Bomb Disposal - perhaps in exchange for a pint or two!. Photo was in the Eastbourne at War book published just after the war, hopefully I can track down a copy. Interestingly there is a small gold band painted around the top this maybe from it's days when it was displayed the pub? if anyone has any further info, needless to say I would love to hear from you.
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New to collection Sd50 kg dropped on Eastbourne
- Thread starter Rockteer
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I wish every pub I went in had a nice 50kg, think I would have a fair few by now!
I have just put some gun oil on it, given it a light clean, cleaned out the thread and fitted a lifting eye and have also wound in some fuze locking rings, they went in by hand, doesn't get much better than that. I won't repaint this one as will most likely loose the stamps under the paint.
I have just put some gun oil on it, given it a light clean, cleaned out the thread and fitted a lifting eye and have also wound in some fuze locking rings, they went in by hand, doesn't get much better than that. I won't repaint this one as will most likely loose the stamps under the paint.