On Mon, 2004-01-12 at 20:57, Bob W wrote:
> > Once in a while the US news networks report that unexploded WWII bombs were
> > found. Is that something that happens often?
>
> Not so often any more. Still, we do find them occasionally. Greenwich,
> where I live, and its neighbours Deptford, the Isle of Dogs and Woolwich,
> were major targets during the war because of the docks. There is a
> block of flats being completed just now by the river. I've walked
> past it most days for the last 6 or 7 years. Last summer the path had
> to be closed for a while because the builders found what was described
> as 'ordnance' - an unexploded bomb - next to it.
This also happens in the Netherlands from time to time. People in
neighburhoods surrounding the site are evacuated, sometimes the
railroads and highways are closed for a short while. As the bombs get
older it is getting more dangerous. Also we have places where complete
bombers and their crew crashed into the sea, areas which are now
reclaimed land. Very often this is left alone out of respect, or
carefully removed, the families informed, and the bodies burried.
A lot of planes on their way to Germany or their way back to England
didn't make it.
--
Frits W�thrich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
