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Snautzer01 said:

I think this is the original letter From Harris in reaction to Wallis his idear.

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this on a clear night with moonlight and radio altimeters. A.C.A.S. (T.R) suggested that we might send an experienced Lancaster Squadron Commander to the meeting on Monday to express an opinion on this point.
"IT WON'T WORK," BOMBER HARRIS
[signature]
[underlined] 14th February 1943. S.A.S.O. [/underlined]
S.A.S.[underlined]O.[/underlined] This is tripe of the wildest description. There are so many ifs & ands that there is not the smallest chance of it working. To begin with the bomb would have to be [underlined] perfectly [/underlined] balanced round it's axis. [indecipherable word] rotation at 500 RPM would wreck the aircraft or tear the bomb loose. I don't believe a word of it's supposed [indecipherable word] on the surface.
It would be much easier to design a "[indecipherable word]" bomb [inserted sketch] to run on the surface, bust it's nose in on contact, sink & explode. This bomb would of course be heavier than water & exactly fit existing bomb bays.
At all costs stop them putting aside Lances [sic] & reducing our bombing effort on this wild goose chase. Let them prove the practicability of the weapon first. Another Toraplane – only madder. The war will be over before it works - & it never will. [underlined] ATH [/underlined]

It won't work - Bomber Harris · IBCC Digital Archive

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Engineman said:

I think first undecipherable word is "Given" and second is "Ballistics".

Eng

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JDCAVE said:

I agree with Ballistics. Not sure about "Given". "Given" works in the sentence, but it's hard to conclude "Given" from the image:
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Jim

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SaparotRob said:

I have a gub.

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Engineman said:

Hi Jim,
The writing is scrawl in places and that bit is very bad. However, I suspect he was trying to write, Given, started with a lower case g and couldn't be bothered.
Cheers

Eng

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JDCAVE said:

Ok. I think I've got it now, the word in question is otherwise, written on two lines:

To begin with the bomb would have to be perfectly balanced round it's axis. otherwise rotation at 500 RPM would wreck the aircraft or tear the bomb loose.

Jim

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Snautzer01 said:

lancaster PM-P ? crash landed in winter German soldiers


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Snautzer01 said:

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Snautzer01 said:

BRITISH RAF LANCASTER BOMBER at IBURA FIELD Recife BRAZIL

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