WW2 bomb found in London

IIRC, the German Government covers these recovery costs.

Backhoe operator pucker factor:  10.0

Yikes

Must be interesting to say the least...

If that's a pucker factor of 1000, this one found in the Rhine is 2011 has a P.F. of 4000 (4000lb Blockbuster);

Dambusters?

No, that looks like one of the RAF "cookies" carried by the heavies and some modified Mossies. Not so fancy as one of Barnes Wallace's bouncing bombs. Just more of a sort of large explosive filled cylinder designed more for blast than fragmentation effect.

Pretty certain it's a Cookie, thin case for a larger fill of explosives & more blast - generally sent with incendiaries to open roof's up & make the incendiaries more effective.........  

Yes, I looked it up late night. A standard bomb was roughly 40% casing weight and and 60% explosive filler weight. The HC (high capacity) bombs or "cookies" were roughly 75% explosive filler and 25% casing by weight. They were indeed used for opening the tops of structures for the incendiaries dropped with them.