MAKE A MEME View Large Image Luftmine (LM).jpg en A close up view showing the access panels and fusing mechanisms on a parachute deployed German magnetic mine which appears to have landed on the grounds of the Woolwich Arsenal The mine is intact and is partially buried ...
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Keywords: Luftmine (LM).jpg en A close up view showing the access panels and fusing mechanisms on a parachute deployed German magnetic mine which appears to have landed on the grounds of the Woolwich Arsenal The mine is intact and is partially buried nose first in the soft ground The top section above the flange contained the parachute This image is from the collection of Lieutenant Lt Hugh Randall Syme GC GM and bar Royal Australian Naval Volunteer Reserve who was based at HMS Vernon Portsmouth from 1940 to 1942 Lt Syme rapidly developed a reputation for bravery especially in delousing the unfamiliar German magnetic mines He was awarded the George Cross and the George Medal and Bar for a string of successful mine recoveries In January 1943 he returned to Australia and was appointed as the Commanding Officer of a bomb disposal section at HMAS Cerberus He left the Navy in 1944 returning to the family business of running The Age newspaper in Melbourne de Blindgänger Entschärfung einer deutschen Luftmine LM in Woolwich vermutlich Typ SB 1000 F P05468 010 Lieutenant Lt Hugh Randall Syme circa 1940 1942 PD-Australia German WW2 light case bombs 0999 Historical images of Royal Arsenal Woolwich United Kingdom in World War II Black and white photographs Parachute bombs
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