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wood copy of "British" Incendiary bomb

earni74

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Description on label says "ww2 wooden R.A.F training school incendiary bomb" can anyone throw light on this item, true or false, my thoughts are "home guard item", Thanks
 

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It looks like it's meant to be a wooden replica of the German 20in 2.2kg B2.2E-Z incendiary (I.B.E.N. - Incendiary Bomb Explosive Nose).

The lack of detail, colour etc suggests it was more for weight/ballistics testing.
 
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