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WWII Anti-Aircraft Shell Discovered on Jersey

The Jersey Coastguard were called on Saturday 30th March to reports of a reported ‘unexploded shell’ being found by a member of the public south of Seymour Tower, La Roque, on the south-eastern tip of Jersey.

An Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) team attended the scene and confirmed the device as a 105mm German WWII anti-aircraft shell. The unexploded shell was destroyed on location in a controlled detonation.

See: Unexploded WW2 bomb found and detonated on Jersey’s east coast – BBC News

Image Credits: BBC, courtesy of Jersey Coastguard

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