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Flare fuze M111

SG500

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Does anyone have any information about this fuze please?
The timing ring on the top goes from 15 to 93.
Plenty of nice clear markings on this but no date. When was it used?
Thanks.
Dave.
 

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US Fuze M111

With a delay from 15 to 93 sec, you have an original M111 time fuze (from 5 to 93 is A1 version and from 5 to 92 is A2 version).

It was often used on the UK 4"5 Parachute Flare.
 
Thanks Yodamaster.
Does anyone have a photo or drawing of the complete flare and fuze?
Does anyone have a cutaway or drawing of the internals of the fuze that they can post please.
Thanks,
Dave.
 
I've cleaned up these scans as best I could.

All the best,
PB
 

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Dave posted a query on this fuze four years ago,

http://www.bocn.co.uk/vbforum/threads/71911-Flare-fuze-M111

And it's conventional use by the British is mentioned in the thread. Just for the record it was also used in trials (and perhaps operationally) by the SOE R & D organisation in connection with container dropping. The idea being to drop containers from a relatively safe height for the aircraft with the fuze being used to deploy the parachute 'near' the ground.
 
M111_1.jpgM111_2.jpgM111_3.jpgM111_4.jpgM111_5.jpgM111_6.jpgM111_7.jpgHi SG500

Here are the pages from the RAF Air Publication on the M111 series Fuzes.

I hope this helps.

Regards

eodda
 

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This fuze is also used on the first US "Monroe leaflet Bombs" (Leaflet bomb T-1), but replaces by the British fuze No. 860.

Captain_James_Monroe_USAAF_adjusts_the_fuse_on_a_bomb.jpg
 
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