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Unknown WW1 aircraft bomb

Buster

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Can anyone identify this aircraft bomb for me please. A rough idea of the scale can be gathered from tips of the shoes in the bottom of the picture. Unfortunately I have no measurements or weight.

Thanks in advance.


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Buster,

I found the attached leaflet on the 9lb Practice Bomb (c.1925). It is smaller than your example but may help nail it down. Over to EODDA. Apologies that pages 2 and 3 are in the wrong order.




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It is in a museum in Falkirk, Scotland, so I am guessing British.
 
Can anyone identify this aircraft bomb for me please. A rough idea of the scale can be gathered from tips of the shoes in the bottom of the picture. Unfortunately I have no measurements or weight.

Thanks in advance.


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Buster,

Herewith the 9-lb Practice photographed in the same configuration as yours. Also showing the Stannic Chloride container. They seem pretty well related, maybe the Falkirk one is a 20 pounder.


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Thanks Norman, they have certainly come from the same stable.

Ian
 
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