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German bomb fuze charging head

Tmine35

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Pictures on a charging head for 500 kilos bomb. I was told it would be for JU87, can anyone confirm?
Further pictures of 2 different charging adapters.
 

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The Heads were universal , but i would say that is correct , i have one which is from a Dornier , but cannot prove it , without going into a restored aircraft .the JU87 carried i think 1X 500 kg bomb stowed externally
Picture 3 is showing an Fuze Extension cap these were used in the SC bombs that had the fuze pockets deep inside the bomb , which would not allow the normal fuze charger to clip on , there were 3 types , Type 1 , 11,,111 each was slightly shallower than the next
In the same picture is the ledenkorp which was used for containers etc its missing its bakelite base and external wires.
 
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Extention heads

Type 11 and type 111 extention heads
Type 111 on the left is for the 1,000Kg SC bombs
 

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Wired Ladekopf

The complete head with wiring loom
 

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Here the Extention cap on a SC1000 herman bomb.
 

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