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WWI air drop by Fritz

Mark Finneran

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For the Heavy bombers, some images encountered whilst collecting WWI German MG. Hope they are of interest.
Mark
 

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RAF pre-WWII Air Bombs.

From a RAF Munitions and Weapons manual dated 1923.
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More RAF

2 more images from the manual
 

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I believe those are compressed gas cylinders for supplying hydrogen for the balloon. They feed into a common manifold and then into one hose which heads towards the balloon.
 
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