RAF Fauld explosion part 1

[@petej29]

Second biggest non nuclear explosion will be that vans engine 🤣 great video folk

[@lesbaty8919]

Brilliant comment, I’m still laughing

[@45H4W]

Second biggest Non-Nuclear explosion in the UK was from the porta-loos at a chilli eating festival near Bath 😂

[@chrisdavid1410]

This is Hanbury. My grandpa was right on top of it when it went off. Just as he sat on a bench to rest with a friend the munitions went off. They were blown into the air, and when he came back to earth my gramps turned to his friend and said, 'have you farted? ' Truth was the munitions were not secure and one knocked against another. Not all went off, some live ones are buried, but many of the tunnels were back in use within a few weeks. My grandma was knocked off her feet from the explosion and she was 20 plus miles away. The main centre of the explosion is off limits to this day.

[@lorriebuxton2041]

The van sounds like two cyl diesel running at 10 grand keep up the great videos

[@lesbaty8919]

😂😂😂 it did sound like it was getting a hammering

[@prof_kaos9341]

Many will know of the 1917 Halifax explosion of an ammo ship after it caught fire. Supposedly smaller at 2,900tons TNT was used to calibrate the first atomic tests. A 90mm deck gun was thrown 5.6km, with a building set on fire 1.5km away. Was accompanied by a tsunami. Sadly was in the city so 1,800 killed, 20,000 injured. Also in WW1 the Germans had a very successful sabotage group in USA who in 1916 set fire to Black Tom island, an ammo storage/loading dock in NY, it burnt for days. This led to the Mafia, Lucky Luciano/Myer Lanski being paid to guard NY harbour in WW2! There was another ammo ship explosion when loading in California, WW2.

[@lesnelson3458]

It was still in use until 1973 With USA being the last place to store bombs there 1967-1973 It was fenced off in 1979 significant amount of explosives are still buried deep in the site; the UK government has deemed their removal too expensive to be feasible.

[@tardismole]

So sad. A series of mistakes ends in tragedy; you hear it happening far too often. My thoughts to the victims and their families.

[@brutter602]

There are still tons of buried munitions there that didn’t explode .

[@simongumbrell2955]

Great video be careful guys stay safe ❤ the fact I get to see places I can't get to is awesome love the content take care the radius of the blast zone with compression and concussion is evident by the tree stances and ground movement

[@ROLL4FUN123]

Van sounds like it's going to explode 😅

[@buzzabuzza3494]

Hi guys Fauld crater it’s a interesting place been a few times not sure if the pubs still open in the village.

[@keithdolman2658]

I could have took you in a year ago there was an entrance what I found explored it 3 times it was very interesting it was a storage bunker I got picks on my face book I explored with the past explorer he got picks on his page

[@lesbaty8919]

Where would be the best place to park? As it seems to be in the middle of nowhere cheers

[@Dan-TheOracle]

300ft deep is roughly 100m deep. its roughly 3 feet to a meter

[@columbo7927]

Interesting folks Cheers Ian Thank you very much

[@dr_dr]

It always amazes me when you mention this place to people who live in the wider general area, how many have never heard of it.

[@lesbaty8919]

I’ve only just heard about it and I only live about 20miles away,

[@detectacache6220]

Great video. think 300 feet is about 92 metres. Wiki catches me out too. Always wanted to visit this place

[@danhoward1163]

I did a training course in the building next to that power station and at lunchtimes could walk around the cooling towers. The size and noise from them is amazing.

[@neilbethell2299]

Really interesting video 👍

[@deniseatkins9407]

Not the one I have seen a documentary on that was a hut that was blown up. They cleared away the debris and built a new hut work building bombs continued

[@winstonsmith478]

Largest accidental artificial non-nuclear explosions by magnitude: Halifax Explosion: Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, 6 December 1917, High explosives, 2.9 kt (12 TJ) - 1,950 people were killed and much of Halifax was destroyed RAF Fauld explosion: RAF Fauld, Staffordshire, UK, 27 November 1944, military ammunition, 2 kt (8.4 TJ) - death toll was approximately 78, including RAF personnel, six Italian prisoners of war, civilian employees, and local people

[@flexairz]

Chimneys? Nope, cooling towers. And the white stuff is water vapour.

[@RJM1011]

YES !

[@shayne109]

very sad. it does intrigue me how they state it was a pow with a chisel how could they possibly know that when the whole area was turned into a sub orbital cloud of dust!? i suppose we will never truly know. still given the amount of UXB still buried in the vicinity of the crater walls and the unstable tunnels im not sure i would be stomping around the site its pleasant to look at today but its hiding a lot of real dangers. be safe folk!

[@The_Modeling_Underdog]

There was already a record of workers using unauthorized tools while working on ordenance. The Wikipedia article puts it short: bad management of the site, no clear chain of command, untrained staff. It was going to happen, eventually.

[@davidfreeman4407]

Not to far from where I grew up, my dad took me there the once and the place has a really strange feeling to it.

[@lesnelson3458]

There was a blinding flash," a villager would later recall, "and the ground I was standing on shook under my feet. Lumps of clay as big as railway engines soared up in the sky."

[@RJM1011]

To think they heard this in Italy when it went off is amazing !

[@hgghgguk]

how does anyone know it was a Italian pow with a chisel im sure anyone who actually knew would have been vaporised by the explosion

[@RJM1011]

It had been going on for months live bombs were being brought into the base and the fuzzes removed with chisels it was NOT a spark like he said in the video but the act of removing the live fuze that way buy bashing it out. The recovered bombs should have NEVER of been brought into the place underground with other live bombs and worked on that way. Thank you.

[@The_Modeling_Underdog]

You gotta blame someone.

[@andyplimbley5583]

48 minutes from my house folk good to see you in staffs some great Vids

[@lesnelson3458]

the entire vicinity enveloped by a vast mushroom cloud as trees, rocks, and bits of buildings floated back towards the earth. Windows were shattered 40 miles away from the blast.

[@ActionAdventureTwins]

Extremely sad

[@mbokneancok9570]

Biggest non-nuclear explosion, and it wasn't caused by our old friend, ammonium nitrate.

[@unrulysoldier2140]

That's not a crater boys that's Ireland

[@DonaldHolben]

Biggest non nuke? I think the Halafax one was bigger

[@RJM1011]

This was a lot bigger but the one in Halifax killed more people and did more damage because of where it was.

[@oscars4107]

Then chimneys be cooling towers

[@lesnelson3458]

Windows over 40 miles away was damaged from this blast Of this 4,000-ton blast The entire farm house on top of the tunnes was blasted half-a-mile into the sky

[@karenflanagan1961]

I'm looking forward to next week episode. God bless the victims of this horrible part of WW2.

[@LakesMTB1964]

It can’t have been a brass chisel Brass doesn’t spark

[@ho251136]

Exactly as someone whose worked in trade so to say, they prefer you to use Brass tools, as it's non ferrous and doesn't spark when struck against/into metal.

[@signal98]

❤

[@ROLL4FUN123]

Why you guys wearing so many layers in summer?

[@nigelperkins1317]

But I like your videos

[@urbangeeze1348]

Ian, 300 feet is 91.44 m in new money, ffs! Never mind about staying off Wicki, you need to stay off the microphone until you can stop talking bo**ocks. 😂🤣.

[@mikemines2931]

Rather harsh, are you two married.

[@urbangeeze1348]

@@mikemines2931 Firm, but fair me, Mike.😜

[@wulliest]

Just down the road from me, cycled past there many times.

[@nigelperkins1317]

Sorry I gust think you look funny