WWII aircraft bombs i found

[alsaad]

some pics of aircraft bombs i have found and disposed during last 2 years

envelope laggere 100 kg-french

an m41a1 20 lbs-american

SAP 100 100 kg- italian

SC250 250kg-german

sc50 50kg - german

sc 50and sd50 - 50kg - german

sd250 250kg -german

 

[comiso90]

Are you in EOD or is it a hobby?

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[alsaad]

Are you in EOD or is it a hobby?

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i am EOD for 10 years now

 

[Doughboy]

Cool pictures....Thanks for sharing.

 

[comiso90]

Whew!....

Ok very cool... We dont know if you were a 11 year old with a shovel and metal detector..

Awesome... how often are u forced to defuse vs detonate ?

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[alsaad]

in most cases we crack them open and burn the filler. i have jacket of AN M64 A1 rendered safe that way shown as exponate in front of headquarters building of an agency i am employed in.
il put it here one of these days.

 

[Colin1]

...or is it a hobby?

does that come under extreme sports?

 

[beaupower32]

does that come under extreme sports?

Probably up there with underwater basket weaving. But very cool none the less.

 

[syscom3]

Where do you live?

 

[alsaad]

sarajevo, bosnia and herzegovina.

 

[Micdrow]

Great pictures, many thanks!!!

 

[Messy1]

Cool stuff! Got any pics or video of the bombs going off?

 

[DerAdlerIstGelandet]

Very cool. That one German bomb is in very good looking condition.

 

[timshatz]

Pretty wild stuff. Looking at the last two pics, they look like German bombs. Am I correct on that one? Not an expert on bombs by any means but fuses look like they are a Luftwaffe type.

 

[Doughboy]

"Looking at the last two pics, they look like German bombs."



He says in his post that the last two are German.

 

[timshatz]

Whoops, my bad.

Didn't look at the bombs as much as the fuses. Seen those before. Can't remember when but it has to be at least 25 years. They had a funky ring in them that was an anti-tamper device, under the outter top ring. Unscrew the fuse, pull it up and bang (in a big way).

Just can't place where I saw them before.

Bugging me.

 

[vikingBerserker]

WOW, that has to take some serious intestinal fortitude!

Great pics!

 

[Gnomey]

Great pics, thanks for sharing.

 

[A4K]

With the guys, thanks for sharing!

From a 'historical preservation' point of view, is there a 'safe' (as far as that is possible in your trade) way to defuse them and preserve them? That Sd250 was in BEAUTIFUL condition, seems a shame to have to destroy it if it could be avoided somehow???
(I know, I know..."you wanna preserve it? ---- off and defuse it yourself..!!!" )

Evan

 

[vikingBerserker]

New that would be an interesting post on e-Bay:

"For Sale: 1 x 4000 lb German WW2 bomb, dropped only once."