Fatboy Coxy
Airman 1st Class
- 129
- Aug 24, 2019
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Weight Group (oz) | Number of Fragments |
.04 - .25 | 887 |
.25 - .5 | 189 |
.5 - 4 | 204 |
4 - 8 | 7.5 |
over 8 | 0.5 |
Hi GrauGeist, thank you for this, but can I just ask for a bit more detail. A Battle could have a mix of bombs, say a couple of 50 lbs bombs and two SBCs. Would they have to wired them in a predetermined bombing plan for the raid, not allowing the bomb aimer a choice of selection?Someone may have better details, but I suspect the bomb container(s) were configured like an American bomber in that each compartment in the container had a relay that acted like the bomb station release.
In other words, when the commamd to release was given (release button pressed) the first bombs fell away, which triggered the next station's relay, which in turn saw those bombs fall away, triggering the next station in line's relay and so on, until the full release cycle was completed.
Ok, so regarding strategic bombing, all film I have seen is of a steady release of bombs over several seconds. No doubt this helped provide a spread or carpet. However, light bombers, carrying say four bombs, or SBC's, would want the option of a second run at a target, releasing two at a time. How would they have released their bombs?I don't believe there was any switching in the SBC.
When the distributor was set to 'container' all the stations released simultaneously, at least on the Mk VI bomb distributor (intervalometer to the Americans).
Bombs could be released at pre-set intervals, using the bomb distributor. I don't believe that there was any way of releasing bombs from a SBC in anything but one go, given how the containers worked.Ok, so regarding strategic bombing, all film I have seen is of a steady release of bombs over several seconds. No doubt this helped provide a spread or carpet. However, light bombers, carrying say four bombs, or SBC's, would want the option of a second run at a target, releasing two at a time. How would they have released their bombs?
I'll try to get an excerpt later.