{"product_id":"the-fauld-disaster","title":"The Fauld Disaster","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAs New but missing the dust jacket\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOn the morning of Monday 27th November 1944 an enormous\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003eexplosion rocked the Staffordshire countryside. Near the village of\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFauld a whole hilltop, an estimated two million tons of rock and\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003edebris, was blasted two thousand feet into the air leaving a crater\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003ea quarter of a mile in diameter and one hundred feet in depth.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDeep below the surface some 4,000 tons of bombs stored in the\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003eRAF’s largest underground ammunition depot had exploded\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003een-masse, destroying much of the depot, devastating the local\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003elandscape and claiming seventy lives. It is the definitive history of\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003ethe RAF’s ill-fated excursion into underground storage during the\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSecond World War, culminating in the disaster at Fauld.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe book includes:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA detailed overview of RAF ammunition storage policy\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003ethrough the inter-war years.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIllustrated history of the development, construction (and\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003eoften the subsequent destruction) of the RAF’s five huge,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003earchitecturally breathtaking underground bomb storage\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003edepots, built in preparation for the Second World War.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe second half of the book explains the chain of events\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003ethat led up to the disaster at Fauld, describes the moments\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003ebefore and immediately after the explosion in graphic detail\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003eand goes on to give a definitive account of the cause of\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003ethe catastrophe based upon a forensic examination of the\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAir Ministry Court of Inquiry records and the subsequent\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003ecivilian Coroner’s Inquiry.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003eKey Features:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDramatic account of the largest, non-nuclear explosion the\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003eworld has ever witnessed.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDetailed account of the background events (largely failings\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003ein RAF bomb storage and maintenance policies) that\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003eculminated in the disaster at Fauld.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOver two hundred previously unpublished\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003ephotographs, maps and plans.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003eContents:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003e1 Introduction\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003e2 Inter-war Years\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003e3 Ridge \u0026amp; Corsham Quarries\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003e4 Chilmark Quarry\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003e5 Harpur Hill \u0026amp; Llanberis\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003e6 21MU Fauld\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003e7 Monday 27 November 1944\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003e8 The Civilian Tragedy\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003e9 Recovery \u0026amp; Reconstruction\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003e10 Surviving Surface Features\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Adam Harris","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":62593925742979,"sku":null,"price":19.45,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0236\/3059\/files\/771555A9-EF03-4B6E-9F3A-F444400615EF.jpg?v=1789038010","url":"https:\/\/camdenmin.co.uk\/products\/the-fauld-disaster","provider":"Camden Miniature Steam Services","version":"1.0","type":"link"}