[303rd-Talk] Bomb Fusing/Masters of the Air book

[rex pearce]

I have a thought of bombardiers carefully screwing
fuses into eight or ten individual bombs front and rear
as the B17 flies through the air, moving up and down in the air currents.
Not too sure of the type of explosive in the fuses, but
perhaps rather unstable.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "bill runnels" <billrunnels at yahoo.com>
To: "303rd Bomb Group Talk Forum" <303rd-talk at 303rdBG.com>
Sent: Friday, March 16, 2007 10:07 PM
Subject: Re: [303rd-Talk] Bomb Fusing/Masters of the Air book


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>  Bob,
>  The bombs were fused on the ground prior to being loaded in the aircraft. 
> The bombardier pulled the nose and tail fuse cotter keys in the air 
> shortly after lift off.
>
> Bob Van Pelt <bvp6565 at yahoo.com> wrote:
>  I'm reading Masters of the Air and the author claims when bombing up at 
> the 100th, the armorers put fuses in the bombs while still on the 
> ground!!!! I've always heard the bombardier fused the bombs over the water 
> before crossing into the Continent.
>
> Can anyone help me understand this? And has anyone else read Masters of 
> the Air? If so, what do you think?
> Bob
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