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Description	English: German Experimental Pile - Haigerloch - April 1945 The original caption reads: Dismantling the German experimental nuclear pile at Haigerloch, 50 km S.W of Stuttgart, April 1945. Rupert Cecil nearest camera, 'Bimbo' Norman* extreme right, Eric Welsh standing on outer rim, the second man behind Cecil * Professor Frederick Norman, University of London. Caption in Goudsmit, Alsos (pp. 174-175) reads: Alsos team dismantling "uranium machine" in cave at Haigerloch. Uranium cubes are in the center, surrounded by graphite. Pitching in are Lansdale and Welch (top left center), Cecil and Perrin (bottom center) and Rothwell (right, kneeling). Français : Pile expérimentale allemande - Haigerloch - Avril 1945. La légende originale se lit comme suit : Démantèlement de la pile nucléaire expérimentale allemande à Haigerloch, à 50 km au sud-ouest de Stuttgart, avril 1945. Rupert Cecil, caméra la plus proche, 'Bimbo' Norman* extrême droite, Eric Welsh debout sur le bord extérieur, le deuxième homme derrière Cecil * Professeur Frederick Norman, Université de Londres. La légende de Goudsmit, Alsos (pp. 174-175) se lit comme suit : L'équipe démantèle également la "machine à uranium" dans la grotte de Haigerloch. Les cubes d'uranium sont au centre, entourés de graphite. Lansdale et Welch (en haut à gauche au centre), Cecil et Perrin (en bas au centre) et Rothwell (à droite, à genoux).
Date	25 April 1945
Source	en:David Irving - picture scanned by me Ian Dunster from: Most Secret War by R. V. Jones - Coronet - 1981 - ISBN 0-340-24169-1 - Plate 30 between pages 396 and 397 - and credited to ... courtesy David Irving Coutersy Brookhaven National laboratory, Emilio Segrè Visual Archives, Goudsmit Collection https://repository.aip.org/islandora/object/nbla%3A299170
Author	Sergeant Malcolm (Mickey) Thurgood, U. S. Army photographer assigned to Alsos Mission

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	16:09, 14 March 2007	400 × 300 (128 KB)	Liftarn	{{Information \|Description=German Experimental Pile - Haigerloch - April 1945 The original caption reads: ''Dismantling the German experimental nuclear pile at Haigerloch, 50 km S.W of Stuttgart, April 1945. Rupert Cecil nearest camera, 'Bimbo' Norman e