Need ID of ordnance which caused this explosion (1966)

[Dragontooth]

http://www.nationalmuseum.af.mil/shared/media/photodb/photos/110310-F-XN622-009.jpg

1. it is definitely WP
2. i think the bomb is something like M47
3. who can tell me more?
4. which other pure WP bombs were used in Korea and SEA? ( I mean without napalm or any type of incendiary mix)

thanks.

 

[Speedy]

I think most probably it is M47. In one book about Skyraider ("The A-I Skyraider in Vietnam - The Spad's Last War ") I found information that M47s were regularly used by Skyraiders in Vietnam war. I know about only one similar US bomb - M70. It was 115 lb chemical bomb, normally filled with H gas (Iperite); but according to Chris Chant's "World Encyclopaedia of Modern Air Weapons" there was also a WP-filled version, with 57 lb (26 kg) of phosphorus. M70 is quite similar to the M47, with more streamlined nose. Unfortunately I don't know if M70 was used in the Korea or Vietnam conflict and if it was dropped by Skyraider.

 

[Dragontooth]

thanks, Speedy.

i think too that the M47 was used in Korea. M47 was 100 lbs.
anybody know where the M47 was made during WWII or who made the bodies? until when were they produced/used in war?