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The Lightning F.Mk 53 had points on the outboard wind to take an underwing pylon. No 119 ERUfor carrying a single 1000 pound bomb or a 155L Matra Launcher for SNEB.

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Thanks,To be clear, this pinwheel patch indicates that the wearer worked in the US Army Air Force Headquarters?

A contact on another forum in which I participate is trying to identify the unit displaying this uniform patch. The wearer was a relative and was known to be in the USAAF Glider Training Programme in WW2. Can anyone help please:

It should be helpful to understand that early war the 4 pound IB was supplied in hermetically sealed cans of 20 later superseded by cans of 30. Bombs were not supplied as individual units but in quantities of 20 or 30 pre-packed at the factory. The bombs were packed in such a way that the...

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Yes, the CS bomb series was 'Capital Ships' Shaped charge, deforming nose and retardation 'chute. The final production was a 45 inch diameter but that size required modification to the Lancaster. The 38 inch diameter did not and six are recorded dropped during the Gdnia raid but with no recorded...

Yes, the Fleet Air Arm (Royal Navy) picked up the order for the original Hawker Fury which the RAF had cancelled and renamed it. The original design was for the RAF requirement as a fighter. The Navy model had a ground attack capability so used RAF bombing equipment.

You need to locate a copy of RAF Air Publication 1086 the Equipment Manual covering end items and spare parts. Unfortunately, like all APs this was a document constantly under amendment and as equipment became obsolete the pages covering that item were removed of replaced with printed amendments.

The RAF Stock Reference system of that era assigned Section 11A to aircraft release equipment followed by a Reference Number. As I recall the Air Publication covering Equipment was AP 1086. The items pictured might be from the British Carrier, Bomb Number 1 Mark III. The other two variants, the...

An old lady crossed a budgerigar with a crocodile. One day it bit her arm off and said " Who's a naughty boy then?"

Not too difficult to clean up with a solvent. The rotor had the Command Modification spiral spring fitted. When correctly assembled and with jaws locked this exerts a torque on the toggle forcing into the locked position which is 'over-centre'. When power is applied to the rotor electrical coil...

In service, there was a problem in these operating and releasing the load when subjected to 'jolts' such as in-flight air pockets or during landing. This was fixed by the introduction of a spiral spring which was clipped over the rotor inside to create a negative torque forcing the toggle link...

From your Avatar you favour Canberaa? The Bomb Carrier for this was the Avro Triple which could carry two or three bombs. Each built in Release Housing used 1 x EMRU No 1

Yes, they were rated for a 1000 pound HE Bomb which was for Canberra and the three V-Bombers the standard conventional bomb, 6 x 1000 for Canberra, 21 x 1000 for Valiant, 35 x 1000 for Victor and (I think) 21 x 1000 for Vulcan. As a young Armament Fitter I worked Canberra/Victor/Valiant. Because...