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    WWIIBuff replied to the thread Captain Hunt.
    Thanks for that. Please keep us updated after your visit.
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    WWIIBuff reacted to BD History's post in the thread Captain Hunt with Like Like.
    Not that I am aware of. I found a post reference his MBE from the museum and Amanda contacted them and it was confirmed that they had...
  • Houndsworth
    Houndsworth replied to the thread Tyreburster help....
    Still looking, although not very hard! I'll trade a couple of reproduction Fog Signal igniters.
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    AndyK replied to the thread Unusual.303 round..
    Thanks to John and Justin, tracer round it is then.
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    John P replied to the thread Unusual.303 round..
    Hi AndyK, I think you'll find that your round based bullet is from a tracer round, either a Cartridge SA Tracer SPG Mk I or MK Iz. It...
  • justin
    justin replied to the thread Unusual.303 round..
    I would suggest your bullet with the rounded base is a MKVII.G / G MKI tracer. Introduced at the end of the First World War and...
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  • millsbomber
    millsbomber replied to the thread 'W' Bombs.
    i was luckily enough to handle one of the operational W bombs at DEODS, i often wonder what happened to all the wonderful items i was...
  • BMG50
    BMG50 replied to the thread M9 Rifle Grenade questions.
    I found out that the M17 rifle grenade has the adaptor with the pineapple grenade added does this has a red fibre washer between the...
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    Dreamk replied to the thread 'W' Bombs.
    In the book "bombs gone" by MacBean & Hogben, there is an extensive description of the w bomb (p.248-251 - scans attached to this post)...
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    AndyK posted the thread Unusual.303 round. in Spotting Fake/Reproduction Items.
    Continuing my exploration of a local WW2 airfield, I recently dug up the bullet on the left of the three shown. Unlike the “normal”...
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  • apfsds
    apfsds replied to the thread Has any one heard from Tony Williams?.
    Oh No! Very sad news to hear. Praying for a full recovery. I agree with, Jess, "F-cancer!"
  • Antoon
    Antoon replied to the thread 'W' Bombs.
    In AIR 27-147/01 (Appendices) from 10 Squadron is written n June 1940 that from the Mk I the S.S. plug (Self Sinking plug ?) has to be...
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    super7 reacted to sgdbdr's post in the thread Zeichnungen über Artillerie-Munition with Like Like.
    Hi, Here is a 78 pages, 540 Mb swiss document from the Bundesarchiv. The original was 2,3Gb. I deleted the useless pages and cropped...
  • Antoon
    Antoon reacted to Dreamk's post in the thread 'W' Bombs with Like Like.
    Antoon Hi! The source of their info is the OBB of the 10th Squadron RAF (AIR-27-141-20) - their Whitleys were the ones involved in the...
  • fert
    fert reacted to sgdbdr's post in the thread Zeichnungen über Artillerie-Munition with Like Like.
    Hi, Here is a 78 pages, 540 Mb swiss document from the Bundesarchiv. The original was 2,3Gb. I deleted the useless pages and cropped...
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