Can anybody identify this object

[300bar]

You're right about the Lancaster,itwas this story(sorry Dutch).Britse meteo-meldingen door de Duitsers gebruikt
It was a Bristol blenhem.

Never seen any ammo or bombs though

 

[DandyDon]

While he did suffer some damage to his left hand, his face looks undamaged so I trust his sight is ok? Hope he is right handed - or always wanted to learn to be?

Yeah, I mentioned above something about the WWII ordinance risk there. I'd hate to find a 60 year old undetonated bomb anywhere, but I know it happens across much of Europe. Didn't think this could be one, but didn't know about the bomber in that lake.

 

[diversteve]

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[Wayan]

I think you might be right.

Here are more pictures (with scale) where the text is easier to read

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I think you can clearly read "Signal" "Recall" and "Delay" on it.

You can also read "N.E.C. Approx." with what looks like maybe a number after that. I'm guessing that N.E.C. might mean "Northern European Command" (related to NATO)

Under that you can read the stamp from the LOT number.

I read on the Dutch forums that someone at the bridge building engineers here apparently identified it as some kind of thunderflash thing that they use for recalling divers.

I also read that the diver's fingers weren't blown off. Only part of one of them was and I guess he's lost the top of his left pinky. The ring finger was badly mauled too but I guess that's ok. The explosion was pretty powerful though because from what I read it broke other bones in his hand. My guess is that the "delay" on the side of the thing probably meant that once the trigger was pulled out that there was a delay before it went off. In any event, he pulled the cap off and it didn't do anything for several seconds and then went off in his hand. It's pretty lucky he didn't slip it into his pocket when it didn't go off right away...

R..

This is the percussion initiated thunderflash. Military divers use them often for recall and in exercise simulation explosions under water (ant saboteur exercise etc).
Where it says NEC delay there will be a number saying how many seconds (min) of a delay at it appears to be 10 sec.

NEC will be a manufacturers code


Personally liked the old time thunderflashes you struck like a match,

 

[Valwood1]

It's Dangerous. It looks dangerous and its unfortunate that the diver that brought it up sufferred an injury as a result of his stupidity. I guess he only got bit by Darwin this time so hopefully he has learned a lesson about touching stuff that look like it might explode.

John

I'm not big on picking up anything. That said, can you enlighten us on why the thing -- that's been misidentified by some pretty smart people -- "looks dangerous" or "look[sic] like it might explode". It doesn't look dangerous to me. It doesn't look like its going to explode, to me. In fact, it seems like a pretty innocent mistake to cost a couple of fingers.

 

[DandyDon]

I'm not big on picking up anything. That said, can you enlighten us on why the thing -- that's been misidentified by some pretty smart people -- "looks dangerous" or "look[sic] like it might explode". It doesn't look dangerous to me. It doesn't look like its going to explode, to me. In fact, it seems like a pretty innocent mistake to cost a couple of fingers.

Haha, many of us haved picked up things off of WWII wrecks actually sunk in war off of NC, but very few have brought back anything live. That does look live, and it seems to have tail fins like a rocket, but who knows what's still inside - or who knew before anyway.