[303rd-Talk] Bomb Fusing

[bill runnels]

Hi Rex,
  Most nose and tail fuses were arming vane(propellor). The spin off revolutions in free fall ranged from 18 to 1,000. Arming pin(impact) fuses were used on select chemical, fragmentation and practice bombs................Bill Runnels, Bombardier

rex pearce <r.pearce763 at ntlworld.com> wrote:
  Bomb loads for RAF bombers were loaded onto trolleys
at the bomb dumps, which could be in surrounding
fields some distance away from the airfield. Then they
were taken to a central point on the airfield, driven through a large 
covered area, and had fuses inserted whilst
on the trolley. The bombs were then taken for loading into the aircraft.
I would have thought that empty fuse cases would have
been gathered in for salvage. Were they of American or British manufacture?
I have read that German bombs were fitted with a small
propellor on their nose. This was rotated by the wind
when the bombs were dropped, and in turn armed the bomb. When the Luftwaffe 
made roof-top attacks on
English airfields during the Battle of Britain, bombs were
dropped at too low a level for the propellors to do their
work, bombs were not armed, and did not explode.
Rex.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Maurice Paulk" 
To: <303rd-talk at 303rdbga.com>
Sent: Saturday, March 17, 2007 12:26 AM
Subject: [303rd-Talk] Bomb Fusing


I'm confused---In some of the letters it was mentioned
several times that fuse cans [with their razor sharp
edges] were used for "disposable material". Were
they left laying around where you could pick them
up and take them with you????????????-------Maurice
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