A bomb believed to have been dropped by the Nazis in the early 1940s was uncovered during construction on Thursday.
Bomb disposal experts from the British Army were working through the night to stabilize and defuse the unexploded WW2 bomb. The bomb was uncovered during construction in Empire Way, Wembley, an area of northwest London. The air drop WW2 Sprengbombe-Cylindrisch general purpose 50 kg German Bomb was within 200 m of Wembley Stadium and just 50 m from flats, cranes, and towers. Work to stabilize and defuse the bomb meant that homes and offices had to be evacuated and traffic disrupted.
Photo Credit: British Army
The British Army believes that the bomb was dropped during Nazi German bombing raids in the early 1940s, but unusually did not detonate. “It has lain undisturbed deep in the ground for 70 years but took a few knocks from mechanical diggers when it was unearthed yesterday afternoon,” says the British Army.
The army had various teams excavating and stabilizing the bomb to be safely defused. In addition, Royal Engineers were expected to build safety structures around it to both limit explosion and allow the safety perimeter to be reduced in size.
The perimeter stretched more than a thousand metres from the site, disrupting an extremely busy part of northern London.
Photo Credit: British Army
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