ww2 bomb accident

[brucev]

how often is unexploded ordinance unearthed over there? seems like it makes the news about twice a yr here

http://www.foxnews.com/world/2010/06/01 ... latestnews

also curious, is ordinance still ocasionally found in England

[ZRX61]

also curious, is ordinance still ocasionally found in England

All the time, quite often mentioned on the BBC website.

[fred27]

Here in Lorient (France) unexploded bombs are not an unusual finding while digging for new buildings
since a lot of them were dropped:



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[John Dupre]

Figuring that most of the UXB reports that we see in the US are usually because of explosions or the disruption caused I would bet there are hundreds of incidents that are dealt with by local authorities all over Europe that we never hear of. I wonder too if there are any statistics on how many duds there were on average for a particlular raid. Here in the US there is an increase on UXB reports at landfills and recycling centers as veterans die and families dispose of "dud" ordnance and ammunition not realizing that quite often they are still live and very dangerous.