Live shell from D-Day practice sessions detonated on beach By Gregor Aiken April 2 2018, 4:31 pm April 2 2018, 4:31 pm Share Live shell from D-Day practice sessions detonated on beach Share via Facebook Twitter Whatsapp Messenger Linkedin Email Post link https://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/fp/news/1446229/live-shell-from-d-day-practice-sessions-detonated-on-beach/ Copy Link A Second World War explosive hidden on a Scottish beach since rehearsals for the D-Day landings has been blown up. A Navy bomb disposal team detonated the shell on a beach in Nairn, Moray last week. The explosive was found by the town’s coastguard search and rescue team during a survey of the beach on Wednesday. https://www.facebook.com/nairn.coastguard/posts/1967324999945992 Bomb disposal experts from HMNB Clyde were sent north to safely dispatch the decades-old shell. The coastguard team said it dated from D-Day landing practice runs which took place around the Moray coast.
