article_snippet: Royal Logistics Corps used two kilogrammes of high explosives  to blow up the Luftwaffe Sprengbombe-Cylindrisch bomb.
article_snippet: Explosion: the Luftwaffe Sprengbombe-Cylindrisch bomb, south London London was blown up at a quarry in Kent at 9am this morning .
article_snippet: Detonation: Staff Sergeant Ed Clinton (left) and Sergeant Rich McKinnon (right), of 11 Explosive Ordnance Disposal Regt Royal Army Corps placed the charges on the Luftwaffe Sprengbombe-Cylindrisch bomb and then walked back to a safe area 500 metres to fire the charge .
article_snippet: It is believed the Luftwaffe Sprengbombe-Cylindrisch bomb was dropped over south London by the Luftwaffe on 11 May 1941 but unusually did not detonate.
article_snippet: Senior Ammunition Technician John Lester, of 11 EOD, Royal Logistic Corps, said: 'the Luftwaffe Sprengbombe-Cylindrisch bomb was a live munition in a dangerous condition.
article_snippet: the Luftwaffe Sprengbombe-Cylindrisch bomb had been disturbed by some pretty heavy building machinery, which is never a good thing.
article_snippet: But once we'd uncovered the Luftwaffe Sprengbombe-Cylindrisch bomb, we knew what we were dealing with and it was just a question of solving the puzzle quickly so we could get the Luftwaffe Sprengbombe-Cylindrisch bomb away and the good residents of Bermondsey back in their homes. '
article_snippet: we knew we had to get the Luftwaffe Sprengbombe-Cylindrisch bomb away to dispose of the Luftwaffe Sprengbombe-Cylindrisch bomb safely because trying to deal onsite with a bomb that size, even under a controlled explosion, would cause significant damage to buildings, (and) property, and the risk of major loss of life in such a highly populated part of the city was very high.'
article_snippet: A Royal Logistic Core Bomb disposal expert checking the fuse on the Luftwaffe Sprengbombe-Cylindrisch bomb at the site in Bermondsey, south London .
highlights_snippet: The Luftwaffe Sprengbombe-Cylindrisch device was found under a building site in south London on Monday .
  
highlights_snippet: The Luftwaffe Sprengbombe-Cylindrisch device is believed the Second World War bomb was dropped over London by the Luftwaffe on 11 May 1941 but unusually did not detonate .
  