UK Bomb 1.WK

[Fusse2004]

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[Yodamaster]

Hi Fusse 2004,

the tail pistol should be the No1 MkII pistol for RL 16 Lb, nose part should be only a plug (?).



Yoda

 

[Fusse2004]

I mean it's the No3! Here is a photo.

 

[Yodamaster]

Following my doc, the No 3 was not previous for the RL 16 Lb !


Yoda

 

[Fusse2004]

Hi Daniel!
Thanks for the mail super!! Greeting Harry

 

[butterfly]

Find info about this bomb. What is the exact name? Find all about it

Very nice item, thankyou for sharing - super condition

regards Kev

 

[Dreamk]

HE, RL, 16lb Light Cased, Mark I (or II or III) /C/. Used a Pistol Tail Mk II and was filled with about 3kg of Amatol 40/60. Was generally hand dropped - appears on some well known ww1 "in action" photos such as these ones showing "A flight lieutenant in a SSZ airship – Submarine Scout Zero class – prepares to drop a 16lb bomb - just like the ones destroyed off Sheppey - during a hunt for U-boats in World War 1"
https://navynews.co.uk/assets/upload/img/cms/11101201ax-1.jpg
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/28/SSZ_class_blimp_dropping_bomb_WWI_IWM_Q_67695.jpg

 

[eodda]

Hi Harry

I sent you a PM on 27 March about this thread. Did you receive it?

Regards

eodda

 

[Fusse2004]

You've written a few times already!! need your private email