Universal Carrier With Conger Device

[Mark W. Tonner]

Originally posted by Richard Farrant
I can add a little more about this incident, although not the location. Preparations were being made for loading liquid nitro-glycerine in to Conger carriers. Two lorry loads (6 tons), blew up when it was being off loaded in jerricans prior to loading in the carriers. The two lorries completly disappeared and four nearby AVRE's were destroyed. This info came from the book "The Funnies" by Geoffrey Futter, published in 1974.

Richard

Richard;

To add to your story, I have found a picture of the crater blown when the Conger exploded, along with the remains on one of the lorries. From the book "Vanguard of Victory, The 79th Armoured Division", by David Fletcher.

Cheers