Lot
5177
Lot 5177
WW2 US .50 Cal INERT & FFE Rounds. A collection of 21 comple...
Hammer
£70
WW2 US .50 Cal INERT & FFE Rounds. A collection of 21 complete inert rounds and 5 empty cases. All are ground dug and have headstamps "TW 45" for Twin Cities Ordnance Plant, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA and dated 1945. These were recovered from the crash sites of RAF F-86 Sabres XD707 and XD730 which were lost on July 22nd 1954 while taking part in “Exercise Dividend” practicing air defences against a simulated attack on Britain by Soviet nuclear bombers.
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Ground dug and cleaned. Primers are inert and no powder.
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