RAF Fauld explosion

When

27 Nov 1944

Kind

Explosion

Coordinates

52.85° N, 1.73° W

Description

Accidental, very large 1944 explosion of wartime weaponry in England.

Deaths

70

1944 military accident in Staffordshire, England

The RAF Fauld explosion occurred during the Second World War at the RAF Fauld underground munitions storage depot in Staffordshire, England at 11:11 am on Monday, 27 November 1944. The blast, which was one of the largest non-nuclear explosions in history, detonated between 3,500 and 4,000 tonnes of high explosive military ordnance.

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