Braver Men Walk Away, Gurney, Peter

[Mike K]

Read this years ago.

SOFTLY TREAD THE BRAVE

See it in op shops for $2

Just had a look online and the prices for this book from book dealers are ridiculous , up to $300 . Why ?

https://www.amazon.com/Softly-tread-.../dp/B0007JHHKA

[Lionelgee]

Originally Posted by Mike Kelly

Read this years ago.

SOFTLY TREAD THE BRAVE

See it in op shops for $2

Just had a look online and the prices for this book from book dealers are ridiculous , up to $300 . Why ?

https://www.amazon.com/Softly-tread-.../dp/B0007JHHKA

Hello Mike,

Thank you for the details on the book and for the recommendation. I picked up a copy for $55 including postage. It was very much the less expensive end of the buying options available.

Yes, some of copies of Braver Men Walk Away also had some pretty steep prices attached to them as well.

Kind regards
Lionel

[Richard Farrant]

Hi Lionel.
A good book to read on bomb disposal is "Designed to Kill" by Major Arthur Hogben, ex-Royal Engineers and it covers from WW1 to the Falklands. It was published in 1987, ISBN 0-85059-865-6. Very detailed and good number of photos in it.

My interest in this subject came from the occasional repair work on the trepanning machines used by the Royal Engineers for cutting out the fuses. These particular machines were hydraulic and operated remotely. We had some old bomb casings to use for testing.

[Lionelgee]

Originally Posted by Richard Farrant

Hi Lionel.
A good book to read on bomb disposal is "Designed to Kill" by Major Arthur Hogben, ex-Royal Engineers and it covers from WW1 to the Falklands. It was published in 1987, ISBN 0-85059-865-6. Very detailed and good number of photos in it.

My interest in this subject came from the occasional repair work on the trepanning machines used by the Royal Engineers for cutting out the fuses. These particular machines were hydraulic and operated remotely. We had some old bomb casings to use for testing.

Hello Richard,

Thank you for the detailed information about the book. There was a similar episode on the BBC TV show Danger UXB that had a drill and suction set up that would remove all the explosive from the bomb. Once the explosive was removed then the bomb disposal crew would work on the fuse. If the fuse did get tripped it restricted the damage. These fuses may have been designed with anti-tampering devices. The trepanning machines sound like a similar idea.

Kind regards
Lionel