PugJesus@piefed.socialM to HistoryPhotos@piefed.socialEnglish · edit-22 months agoUS troops around a crater made by a bomb dropped from airplane, testing grounds in the USA, WW1, 1918imagemessage-square7linkfedilinkarrow-up146arrow-down10
arrow-up146arrow-down1imageUS troops around a crater made by a bomb dropped from airplane, testing grounds in the USA, WW1, 1918PugJesus@piefed.socialM to HistoryPhotos@piefed.socialEnglish · edit-22 months agomessage-square7linkfedilink
minus-squarePugJesus@piefed.socialOPMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 months agoI believe heavy bombers were dropping 800 kg+ by the end of the war.
minus-squareP00ptart@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 months agoStill, the depth of the crater suggests mining. I’m not saying it COULDN’T be an airplane, just that it is less likely. Also it could’ve hit an already existing crater.
minus-squarePugJesus@piefed.socialOPMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 months agoI mean, I’m just going off the captions I found it with.
minus-squareP00ptart@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 months agoThat’s fair. Cool photo, either way. I assume someone (or many) died from it, seeing as it looks like they’re honoring someone.
I believe heavy bombers were dropping 800 kg+ by the end of the war.
Still, the depth of the crater suggests mining. I’m not saying it COULDN’T be an airplane, just that it is less likely. Also it could’ve hit an already existing crater.
I mean, I’m just going off the captions I found it with.
That’s fair. Cool photo, either way. I assume someone (or many) died from it, seeing as it looks like they’re honoring someone.