Booby Trapped Bomb Fuses returned to Germany

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  1. Drew5233

    Drew5233 #FuturePilot 1940 Obsessive

    Does anyone have anymore infomation on the above?

    I've been doing a bit of reseach about a chap called Leonard Henry Harrison who was a bit of a guru by all accounts at bomb disposal during WW2.

    I've found out the following to do with this mission:

    He was a civilian armament instructor at RAF Manby and was later involved in 'secret mission?' which involved booby trapping captured German bomb fuses and returning them to Germany in the armaments factories.

    The plan being that when a plane dropped its payload the bombs would explode destroying the aircraft.

    Apparently the Germans found out about this plan so it never succeeded however its believed the Germans destroyed large quanties of fuses to be safe.

    Anyone heard of this before or know anymore details?

    Cheers
    Andy
     
  2. Smudger Jnr

    Smudger Jnr Our Man in Berlin

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