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1939 and the german magnetic mine was severely disrupting British shipping . No intact examples had been recovered until November 1939 when 2 were recovered from mud flats . A luftwaffe pilot had dropped them there when panicked by a flak battery taking potshots in his direction .
Now what would have happened if the British hadn't had that stroke of luck .