Coil of Rope

[Bonnex]

I thought one or two readers might be interested in this old coil of rope. The cat thought it was a beehive but we know it contains termites.

 

[butterfly]

First of all thanks for showing Bonnex, super item.

What I have always wondered, and never thought to ask until now.........

Where/how were these stored aboard the Zeppelins ?..... and what was the release mechanism for dropping them? (or were they simply hand dropped?)

Kev

 

[Bonnex]

First of all thanks for showing Bonnex, super item.

What I have always wondered, and never thought to ask until now.........

Where/how were these stored aboard the Zeppelins ?..... and what was the release mechanism for dropping them? (or were they simply hand dropped?)

Kev

Thanks, I borrowed it from a collection in support of a lecture last Saturday. I'm sorry I don't know the answer as to how they were stored etc., but having an incendiary bomb (Thermite, tar-covered rope and igniter) next to 1 million gallons (or suitable cubic measure) of Hydrogen doesn't seem to me to be a very good idea. Mind you dropping bombs, grenades and darts or straffing the thing with special ammunition must have been equally risky.

I would be interested to know the answers too Kev.

 

[Alpini]

some pictures from the IWM collection (but none of them in such a nice condition as on your photo):

http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/search?query=incendiary Zeppelin&items_per_page=50

 

[Bonnex]

A brief description from an intelligence summary: