... years, 1973 and 1975 were literally boom years with 90 and 106 bomb calls respectively. Between 1940 and 1949, Royal Engineer bomb disposal “sappers’’ had 36,988 instances reported to them of bomb finds. Of these, they dealt with 24,326, A total of 15304 were ...

... 397 bomb disposal officers and men of the Royal Engineers were killed and 209 injured carrying out their unenviable tasks. In post-war years, the last Servicemen to die were a sergeant and a corporal in May, 1953. In March, 1962, a civilian bomb disposal ...

... farm house in 1941, or thereabouts, and can recall a nif;ht when the w hining noise of a falhng aircraft, amid the thump of bombs and ack-ack fire, was heard and it would seem that on such a night anything could fall out of the sky. The police inform me ...

... is the chance to read about the adventures of Lieut. Brian Ash and his men. Their job is, of course, to de-fuse the German bombs which didn't explode — and their story makes interesting and exciting reading. ...

... Blindfold — Antony Melville- Ross (Fontana 9%5p) Antony Melville-Ross’s first novel is all about spies, enemy agents and deadly bombs, centred round the workings of an oil company. And he should know what he's talking about, since he himself was involved in ...

... actress engaged to a virtuoso trumpet player in Eastern Europe. Yet soon she was to be a penniless refugee fleeing from German bombs. Later she became a star in the USSR entertaining Russian troops, living the life of a VIP with her rich husband. When peace ...

... by ball bearings in a bagatelle game. When atoms could be split, the scientists had started on the path that led to nuclear bombs and atomic power stations, for the splitting of the atom nucleus of uranium produces vast amounts of energy, which can be used ...

... facing wider streets. The war both saved the Stokstraat, ·in that the plan was put to one side, and further damaged it, as bombs demolished a number of its properties. In 1945, 66 houses out of about 200 were considered uninhabitable, and 43 out of 300 ...

... paces, as will the locally based clearance diving team who normally make the headlines keeping our beaches clear of unexploded bombs and mines. Royal Marine Commandos from Arbroath’s 45 Commando will give their highly spectacular unarmed combat display, while ...

... violence breeds violence.’’ A mot Her in his village poured out in anguish to his parents: “Five years of running away from bombs and machine guns have planted bitterness in our hearts. “‘How long will this continue? Will our children suffer the same for ...

... numbers as did those concerning rationing and air-raid damage and as a consequence of the enormous damage caused by flying bombs the number of enquiries recorded by the bureaux in July, 1944, climbed to nearly a quarter of a million. The end of the war ...

... security is increased by putting dogs on running lines or setting up trip wire complexes attached to flares or grenade type bombs. There are observation towers, earth bunkers and pill boxes all along the border. Five hundred metres back is yet another fence ...