[303rd-Talk] Bomb Fusing

[rex pearce]

Bill,
Thank you for your expert advice. Myself only an interested amateur.
Cheers,
Rex.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "bill runnels" <billrunnels at yahoo.com>
To: "303rd Bomb Group Talk Forum" <303rd-talk at 303rdBG.com>
Sent: Saturday, March 17, 2007 2:12 PM
Subject: Re: [303rd-Talk] Bomb Fusing


> 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
> _______________________________________________
> 303rd-Talk mailing list
> 303rd-Talk at 303rdBG.com
> http://lists.303rdbg.com/mailman/listinfo/303rd-talk
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> 303rd-Talk mailing list
> 303rd-Talk at 303rdBG.com
> http://lists.303rdbg.com/mailman/listinfo/303rd-talk
>
> _______________________________________________
> 303rd-Talk mailing list
> 303rd-Talk at 303rdBG.com
> http://lists.303rdbg.com/mailman/listinfo/303rd-talk
>