Well done to everyone involved 🙂

Bombgone hits the nail on the head, it never fails to amaze me that a lot of this type ordnance still exists because of how the things were made and the technology of the time that didnt make it go BANG.

The ‘cookie’ in question didnt look too far down in the ground to start with. We get to here of these being found but rarely get to see or hear about how they were disposed of. Do they steam them out, and if so who gets to keep the casing, or are they scrapped?

There was a cookie found in a river in Germany some months ago, I have not found out how that was dealt with and how, and that for me is the fascinating point to these tales!

That is new to me, thanks for posting the link:)

CASA 111’s during the making of BOB Paul?

the WWII Fight Engineers wore a brevet with AE on it and the Flight Engineers of Post WAR had just a strait E on the brevet. I suggest that this author researches the correct titles for the relevant Ground Crew Trades of WWII

Are you sure about this? The E brevet was not used until 1942, before that flight engineers were given the rank of Sergeant and awarded an air gunners brevet signifying their second task. The AE brevet was a 1960’s designation (Airborne Electronics) not aircraft engineer.
Badges and uniforms of the RAF by Malcolm Hobart ISBN 0-85052-739-2

I still prefer a pint of Adnams .

nothing like that Cees,
I looked at the image and it said Lightning F6 throttle box.

http://i.ebayimg.com/t/Aircraft-throttle-control-f6-lighting-/00/s/NTc2…

The EAG are still in residence at Duxford, albeit on a slightly smaller scale. In fact a 40th anniversary get together took place just a couple of weeks ago at DX with some old faces attending.

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