Carrying on with yesterdays World War Two themed post this morning we came across a bomb crater on the edge of Broom Hill enclosure and Pilmore Gate Heath. World War Two era bomb craters are quite common place throughout the forest, most dropped from enemy planes, although the Second World War Ashley Ranges are pocked from allied bomb tests, including the famous Bouncing Bomb, Grand Slam and Tallboy bombs. Some craters I know the stories of, or what the target was, others stories though are a mystery to me. It may be that some were just dumped after failed bomb raids before the bombers made for home at speed.
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