Archive photos

[US-Subs]

The VB-13 Tarzon, identified as a modified British Tallboy.

 

[US-Subs]

A couple of unidentified photos, by the markings on the rounds they appear to have been used in a test (1930s?) of 12-inch and 14-inch guns, probably at Picatinny Arsenal.

 

[US-Subs]

Practice bombs, loading .50 cal and what looks like a salvo of 5-inch aircraft rockets. I love the plane in back of the .50 cal loading, are those the types of aircraft downed listed above each flash?

 

[bdgreen]

Concerning the previous photos of the early 37mm aircraft gun, the shells shown in the enlarged portion of the picture might be French 37mm explosive shell Type D circa 1918. See http://www.histavia21.net/Histoire/munitions_37_Spad-Canon.htm for pictures and description.

Brian

 

[Gspragge]

I would agree with that, there was a quantity of these 37mm and the 47mm types sent over after the war for testing. The Cannon is the "Baldwin" quite a monster and unsuccessful. There was at the time no American counterpart to these projectiles.

 

[beihan62]

Hi US-Subs,Yes those would be aircraft destroyed by the pilot,FW 190s,Bf,(ME)109s,and ME 110s,the pilot,whoever he was has been real busy,the aircraft is I think a P47d type,which would put it late on in the war,possibly some of the enemy aircraft destroyed would be on the ground,which in a way is just as dangerous as in air to air combat,sometimes even more so,with eight .50s and those rockets he could really ruin someones day,
Many thanks for posting,
Cheers,
Don,

 

[US-Subs]

A jump forward in time to Vietnam - a series of photos identified as related to AF EOD in Vietnam.

 

[millsbomber]

Nice picture of the Thai Eod with the exploding bike booby trap...... Dave

 

[US-Subs]

Found lots of early photos on different bomb suspension devices. I don't care much about the devices, but the bombs are pretty good.

 

[US-Subs]

The GT-1, Glide Torpedo.

 

[bacarnal]

Neat. That kinda looks like the same kit as the BAT. Wonder if it's a modification. Cheers, Bruce.

 

[US-Subs]

I suspect that the Bat was an offshoot or even just one of the models from the GB program. I've got photos of early glide bomb models from GB-1 to maybe GB-15, but didn't want to bore people.

 

[bacarnal]

Bore away!! It's your time that matters. Thanks, Bruce.

 

[Bellifortis]

"Anlassen"(To start): "Lufthahn auf (air stopcock on), "Drossel zu" (throttle closed), "Taste drcken"(press key)
"Ausgehen" (extinguish) : "Wiederanlassen erst nach 20 Sekunden" (restart only after 20 sec.)
"Scharf" (armed)
Regards,
Bellifortis.

Thought I'd throw in a couple of close-ups of the gauges from the photos above. Can one of our German speakers translate? Sorry, that is the best I can enlarge the photo.

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[US-Subs]

Glide Bomb 1 (GB-1)




GB-2

 

[bacarnal]

And tucked under a B23. Thanks!!

 

[US-Subs]

Gb-3




gb-4

 

[US-Subs]

I'll take a break from guided bombs and throw out a couple of grenade shots and a flare. I enhanced the label on the flare best I could, came up with Flare, Picatinny Arsenal and a date of October 1930. I also like the plug for firing the MKII used in the frag test.

 

[US-Subs]

A few projo shots.

 

[EOD]

"Anlassen"(To start): "Lufthahn auf (air stopcock on), "Drossel zu" (throttle closed), "Taste drcken"(press key)
"Ausgehen" (extinguish) : "Wiederanlassen erst nach 20 Sekunden" (restart only after 20 sec.)
"Scharf" (armed)
Regards,
Bellifortis.

Regarding the "Lufthahn auf = air stopcock on":
Online translations are a bad thing.
"Lufthahn auf" translates to: "air valve open"