Ladies and gents, please meet THOR...

[Sternjaeger II]

... or Theater History of Operations Reports, AKA the first complete (?) database of all ordnance dropped by the USAAF/USAF since WW1.

http://articles.boston.com/2012-07-30/nation/32924224_1_cluster-bombs-cluster-munitions-air-power

impressive stuff uh?

[Zorin]

Will it be made publicly available?

[Fjordmonkey]

That's actually a very nifty tool for historians or those that are interested in the history of war during the last and this century. Would definitely be interested to have a peek if it becomes publicly available, to see what and where the allied airforces conducted raids, especially here in Norway.

[TomcatViP]

I guess that will be also a good tool for home gardener in central Europe or Indochina... humm shld I dig that hole here or there ?... let's see what Thor have to say

[Sternjaeger II]

As much as I'd hope so,I doubt it'll be freely accessible,if anything for safety reasons. It has to be said that the accidental finding of unexploded ordnance is quite common in the European continent,so it would surely be useful to construction workers,urban developers etc.

Knowing the Americans it wouldn't surprise me if the acquisition of these databases would come with a HUGE bill: kinda ironic,first we bomb you,then we charge you to know where we bombed you ;-)

Joking aside,I don't know much else,but there's an email address of the man behind it on te article.