USAAF bombing range - Unexpected visit

**Steve T** · 05-13-2012, 08:29 PM

Hi all

Well, I was passing by and had a few minutes spare so I stopped off at the WW2 USAAF bombing range to see if there was anything else left on the surface.

Suffice to say, once again, I had to leave early due to the sheer weight of stuff recovered by just walking along the edges of a field !!!

This is a quick thread really, not had time to take a picture of everything I picked up. All I'll say is that I had 30+ AN-M104 fuzes and a couple of other bits and bobs, the nicest of which was an AN-M103 fuze with the lower vane and spindle still in place

A few examples of the 30+ AN-M104s I picked up.

The best find of the day......well 20 minutes.

A very nice AN-M103 with the top spindle and some of the vanes still attached.

And that's it.

Cheers

Steve T

**harry211** · 05-13-2012, 08:34 PM

Nice finds Steve

Amazing what you can find lying on the surface!

**cornishboy** · 05-13-2012, 08:39 PM

Wow ditto that Harry211,blooming amazing whats left lying around.To think about lead and cable theft,all youve gotto do is walk into a field!Good stuff as ever mr T

**davejb** · 05-13-2012, 08:47 PM

Nice finds there Steve, I take it this was between visits to morning and afternoon church services then, in order to confess ones sins, or are you a campanologist because i heard you like pulling on something!!!!!

**sebfrench76** · 05-13-2012, 08:53 PM

Forgive my ignorance Steve,where were these fuses puted on?

**Steve T** · 05-13-2012, 10:51 PM

23lb US fragmentation bombs Seb

**jayh** · 05-14-2012, 11:23 AM

Well done Steve I will be going over there one morning this week I will let you know how I get on .

**Salzburg** · 05-14-2012, 06:33 PM

Great finds, Steve. You must have a good collection of those fuzes now. How about welding them up into a modern art sculpture for the garden? Cool, man.

**Steve T** · 05-14-2012, 08:19 PM

by Salzburg

... How about welding them up into a modern art sculpture for the garden? Cool, man.

LOL !!! It's a big enough pain cleaning them let alone welding them into the shape of a Spitfire !

Here's most of the others, after cleaning. Distilled vinegar is just so good at cleaning these things......Got a few more in for soak but not bad for a quick trip