Arp practice incendiary bomb

[paul the grenade]

I spotted this on a recent visit to eden camp. ive never seen one before, anyone got any info on it?
cheers, paul.

 

[roller63]

Paul, I have two different versions of these, and they are different to the one in your picture ! all made by firework companies. I also have a little thunderflash type firework that was used to simulate the explosive nose type IB. I think they are interesting in thier own right. I will have to find them and get some pics on site.

 

[roller63]

IBEN simulator

here you go, the IBEN simulator/thunderflash, could be used in conjunction withe the practice IB like the one in your pic.

http://www.bocn.co.uk/vbforum/practice-incendiary-bomb-t4844.html?t=4844&highlight=iben

 

[millsbomber]

I thing these were the fore runners of what S.O.E converted into the incendairy pots

 

[roller63]

As promised some pics of the practice IB flares from my collection, all inert of course, just empty cardboard cylinders. You may be able to read the instructions on the labels by enlarging the pics. The black one is the Brock Incendiary, covered in a previous post.

 

[millsbomber]

My examples

As promised some pics of the practice IB flares from my collection, all inert of course, just empty cardboard cylinders. You may be able to read the instructions on the labels by enlarging the pics. The black one is the Brock Incendiary, covered in a previous post.

Here are my examples, the large one is what S.O.E converted into the Incendiary as the smaller example,,,, Dave

 

[Bonnex]

I think these were the fore runners of what S.O.E converted into the incendiary pots

They pre-date the SOE but when Langley (time pencil fame) became SOE so did these flares. The One Pound version was 8 inches long and 1 1/2 inches diameter and was known as the ML Flare (to fit in between the 'L' [Large] Flare and the 'M' [Medium] Flare). It was a development of the Brock 1lb ARP Practice Bomb and in 1939, after the outbreak of war, unmodified 'flares' were supplied to the field. Langley proposed a number of his own designs but the Brock version with slight modifications to size and initiation was adopted. About 400,000 were manufactured before they dropped out of favour in 1943.

They were part of the Aux Unit kit.

 

[Fjordhouse]

Box

I have this box in my collection, found in Berlin, several years ago, full with German and British Sabotage items, all items in these pictures are complete inert and everybody can see the complete boxes at Liberty park Holland, the are part of my collection. have fun, Ben