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[dano1917]

Nice little find there Dano!!

I shouldn't think there are many of those around - well done in securing that one for your collection.

great to see the wealth of information on this item too.....excellent stuff

regards Kev

Thanks Kev, When I saw this tag I knew I had to have it. Ended up costing 30.00us which may be a bit steep but again I wanted it. Logic tells me that these bombs probably saw no war service but with the 1917 date and the word "bomb" on the tag I found it interesting. It seems that Barlow had quite a bit of knowledge and practice in the bomb area but mostly between the wars from what I gather. This is not in my main collection area of interest but I think it makes a fine "go with" for display. It is amazing to me how helpful the membership is when we try to ID things of this sort and others. I feel like you guys are my brothers and try to be helpful when possible. I could go on and on but I think you get the picture. What an awesome reference source BOCN is....Dano

[US-Subs]

Couldn't find the book, either its still packed or I imagined it. Here are a couple that were on the shelf.

[dano1917]

Thanks Jeff, I kind of figured by the web page that it was more of a 1919 item. Makes some sense as the Allies did not think the war would end in 1918 at the time of the Meuse-Argonne Offensive. Foch was already planning a massive offensive for 1919, then Germany sued for peace. I think had the war gone to 1919 that much more U.S. equipment would have made it in........Dano

[US-Subs]

Remember also that even today there is a considerable time lag before a publication gets into print. Its hard to say when it was actually developed, when the pub was printed and which date was entered. Crowell's book "America's Munitions 1917-1918" has some pretty good pictures of US bombs on aircraft.