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Potentially aircraft dropped bombs, but whose?

Vasco Da Gama

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These 3 items belong to a museum but their history is a bit confused. I was hoping the experts on the site would be able to deliver a positive ID as they are a little outside my field of expertise. Any thoughts gratefully accepted! Pictured alongside a 40mm Bofors round for comparison.

Green item with fin: 500mm long with a diameter of 90mm.

White item: 300mm long, 85mm in diameter, fuze pocket is 43mm in diameter.

Green item: 290mm long and 65mm in diameter.
 

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The white one is a WW2 German SD 4 HL minus it's fuse ,a hollow charge anti armour bomb used against T 34s etc .Green one without fins is a British practice bomb 1940s /50s missing it front end and fins would produce smoke when hitting the ground and the other one not a clue !
 
I would say

-US bomb frag 20lb AnM41 unfuzed
-British bomb frag 20lb unfuzed
-German bomb (hollow charge) SD4 HL unfuzed
 
the first one m41 a1 frag bomb wish i had a nose fuze for mine
 

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You also need the front closure disk. Give me a PM about that. Wish I had fins. Cheers, Bruce.
 
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