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File:RAF Fauld tunnel bombs.jpg

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English: Bombs being stacked in one of the tunnels at RAF Fauld. (Original Imperial War Museum caption: "Storemen stack 250-lb MC bombs in one of the tunnels at No. 21 Maintenance Unit at Fauld, near Hanbury, Staffordshire. RAF Fauld, situated in a former gypsum mine, was the main repository of high explosive ordnance in the country. Part of the MU blew up on 27 November 1944, - the World's largest non-nuclear explosion, - and 70 servicemen and civilian workers were killed or declared missing.")
Deutsch: Stollen eines ehemaligen Gipsbergwerks mit Gleis in Fauld, UK. Stapel von 250-Pfund-Bomben der Royal Air Force. Ein Teil dieses Hauptlagers von UK explodierte 1944.
Date Unknown date, but 1944 or earlier.
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This photograph CH 3043 comes from the collections of the Imperial War Museums.
Author Daventry B J (Mr), Royal Air Force official photographer
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