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WW2 bomb in North Yorkshire

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Old 18th Aug 2009, 12:52
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WW2 bomb in North Yorkshire
500 lb bomb believed to be from crashed Whitley bomber
BBC NEWS | UK | England | North Yorkshire | Villages to empty after bomb find
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Bomb Gone.
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£25 worth of improvements.
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Cheek! From a Yellowbelly too!!
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Didn't think a Whitley could carry a 500 lb bomb.
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taxydual, only by adoption. Nearer red rose county.
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A Lanky, might have guessed! Still cheeky though!!



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Video of bomb disposal
EBBERSTON BOMB: watch the video - Scarborough Evening News
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taxydual, nah, near I said, more a cheeky grin
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