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WW1 Bomb?

Andysarmoury

Andysarmoury

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Hi Can anybody help please i am trying to get a id on this for a friend he had this in his shed for years and its INERT could this be a WW1 air drop bomb its dated 1917 and weights about 25pound its tail has rotted away but can just make out a piece of it i though at first it was a cooper bomb but looks a bit different.
thanks in advance
Andy
 

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Hi Andy!
They should be! UK bomb 16lb WW1 greeting Harry
 

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British 100 Lb Aerial Bomb.jpgHello Andy,

Fantastic specimen your friend has there, I know the attached picture isn't the exact weight for the bomb but I presume this is a derivative of the same TYPE of bomb but larger. The shape of the body is really nice. Anyway thought I would post for a comparison for what it's worth.

Marcus
 
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Thanks Marcus, it looks the same shape, perhaps some one out there knows different?
Cheers
Andy
 
Possible Hales Practice Bomb, Bonnex will have all the details, i found loads at east church Years ago,,,,, Dave
 
millsbomber said:
Possible Hales Practice Bomb, Bonnex will have all the details, i found loads at east church Years ago,,,,, Dave
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Dave,

Andy's example is as Harry said a 16lb, or Bomb, Aircraft, HE, RL, 16lb Light Cased, Mark I (or II or III) /C/. RL is Royal Laboratory since it was a Woolwich design. Used a Pistol Tail Mk II and was filled with about 3kg of Amatol 40/60. Central tube has a wood plug at the sharp end and the rest is filled with exploders, detonator and pistol. From recollection the proper practice version has no aperture in the nose - just a hemi-spherical nose, and is made of a thicker gauge body to make up the weight without filling. In common with the Hales and Cooper I expect an unfilled HE version of the RL 16lb was also available for practice purposes. A 'Dummy' (RFC terminology not mine) version of the Hales for instance came with a black powder burster.
 
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