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WW1 British bomb - correct name?

Jungly45

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Could anyone help out please with the correct name of a 20 lb air dropped store developed for the RNAS?

Was it the HALE bomb or the HALES bomb?

Sources differ !

Many thanks.

Jungly
 
Could anyone help out please with the correct name of a 20 lb air dropped store developed for the RNAS?

Was it the HALE bomb or the HALES bomb?

Sources differ !

Many thanks.

Jungly

HALE after F M Hale the designer/inventor, proper designation is BOMB, HE, Hale, 20lb, Mark I

Of course Hale's bomb is correct too.
 
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Hello! Here is a HALES bomb!!! Harry
 

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Many thanks.

Here's a view of one in the Imperial War Museum at Duxford a few weeks ago.
 

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