Site Represents a site. End Date 1990 Show Point true Prim Media 421 Pin PIN8 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Lieutenant J&oacute;zef Stainisław Kosacki (West Sands) Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived conflictvirtualwalkingtour Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 352 Type The nature or genre of the resource Site Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. current,56.345253765742825,-2.8050810098648076; Description An account of the resource In September 1941 the British Army launched a competition to develop a landmine detector. Hearing of this competition, and of a fatal accident on a beach in nearby Arbroath where a Polish Army patrol was killed by a landmine, Kosacki set out to design such a detector. Kosacki used his previous experience designing a device capable of detecting unexploded ordnance to help him in his challenge. He and his assistant produced prototypes, which they tested on West Sands. Only 3 months after he started, Kosacki’s design was submitted to the British Army for consideration. The design weighed only 14kg and was operated by a single person; it triumphed in the competition, beating six other British designs. The device was used extensively throughout the rest of the war and saved countless lives. <p>If you want to learn more about Józef Kosacki, visit <a href="https://www.curious-sta.org/jozef-kosacki/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">here</a>.</p> Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1909 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource amm60 Europeana Specific elements of the Europeana Semantic Elements. Europeana Type The Europeana material type of the resource. TEXT