Looked like they were being quite gentle to me (in their own way).
During the 80's a group of enthuiasts went to recover a Spitfire from a mud flat near Broome Western Australia. They saw the cannons were still loaded so they called the RAAF. The RAAF sent in a team who, to the Horror of the Enthusiasts, stapped explosive charges to the magazines and exploded them.
Whats more important? A 70 year old wreck or the lives of the recovery team? The RAAF obviously went for the latter.
Cheers!
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