A controlled explosion of the Second World War bomb was carried out in a quarry in Cliffe , Kent , evening . The Luftwaffe Sprengbombe-Cylindrisch device was found under a building site in south London on Monday . It is believed the bomb was dropped over London by the Luftwaffe on 11 May 1941 but unusually did not detonate . An area of 200m around the ordnance was put in lockdown yesterday as the Army made area safe and removed it . It was then transported in a skip filled with sand down the A2 towards Kent yesterday this morning to be safely destroyed . More than 1,200 residents were forced from their homes after the discovery and were only allowed back at 6pm .
A controlled explosion of the Second World War bomb was carried out in a quarry in Cliffe , Kent , this morning . The Luftwaffe Sprengbombe-Cylindrisch device was found under a building site in south London on Monday . It is believed the bomb was dropped over London by the Luftwaffe on 11 May 1941 but unusually did not detonate . An area of 200m around the ordnance was put in lockdown yesterday as the Army made area safe and removed it . It was then transported in a skip filled with sand down the A2 towards Kent yesterday evening to be safely destroyed . More than 1,200 residents were forced from their homes after the discovery and were only allowed back at 6pm .