TacTurtle t1_iu6da7f wrote on October 28, 2022 at 9:59 PM

Reply to comment by DaveOJ12 in TIL about Charles Howard, 20th Earl of Suffolk. He was responsible for rescuing a team of French nuclear scientists and the entire world stockpile of heavy water from France during WW2. He also served as part of an unexploded bomb detachment, successfully tackling 34 unexploded bombs by SteO153

If you want an absolutely fascinating podcast, check out the Fighting Through Podcast, episode 13, it is an episode dedicated to some Blitz bomb disposal memoirs.

“Imagine the shock when your pick clangs against steel. You wonder if you have started the clock ticking. On your knees, you use a trowel to carefully uncover the bomb." - Brian Moss, Platoon Sergeant in 233 Field Company, Royal Engineers.