3 Feb 1945

France
  • USAAF B-17 Fortress bombers dropped Disney Bombs on the recently captured Watten Bunker near Watten, France as a test of the new bomb design. ww2dbase [Disney | Watten, Nord | DS]
27 Jan 2009

France
  • An unexploded warhead from a Disney Bomb was extracted from the reinforced concrete roof of the Watten V2 rocket launching bunker in Watten, France, over 60 years after it was dropped. ww2dbase [Disney | Watten, Nord | DS]

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