The Sandy Neck Bomb Target Range was a former naval bomb range for fleet arm naval aviators, and located on Sandy Neck, in

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History

The Sandy Neck Bomb Target Range was used from 1944 to 1946 when the Navy cancelled its leases. It was used for the practice of

dive bombing A dive bomber is a bomber aircraft that dives directly at its targets in order to provide greater accuracy for the bomb it drops. Diving towards the target simplifies the bomb's trajectory and allows the pilot to keep visual contact throughou ...

for carrier aircraft. While it was in operation, it was part of the nearby

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. In 1946, after the war had ended and cruise missile technology was being developed, the Navy cancelled its lease on the range from the town. To the west of the site along the northern beach there was also an anti-tank mine area.

Environmental cleanup

During the cleanup of the site in the mid-1990s, ordnance such the Mark 23 practice bomb was discovered at the site.

References

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Army Corps of Engineers FUDS report, archive.org saved version
Installations of the United States Navy in Massachusetts Buildings and structures in Barnstable, Massachusetts Bombing ranges Closed installations of the United States Navy

History

Environmental cleanup

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