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Steve Smith

6th November 2013 23:25

Battle and Nickle loads

Gents,

Can anyone tell me please how propaganda leaflets were dropped by the Battle? Were they held in the wing bomb bays and dropped in the conventional way, or dropped by hand ?

I am researching the Nickel raids of No.218 Squadron, the squadron Battle's carried between 15 - 18 bundles per sortie.

Anyone ??

Regards
Steve

Kaczmarek

7th November 2013 17:23

Re: Battle and Nickle loads

Hi Steve,

There are the well known 64 lbs "Nickle" (Leaflet) bomb and the so called Monroe bomb (US).
I dont know whether these were also dropped in the early years. It is more possibly this was dropped by hand at this time.

Rgds,
René

Iain Torrance

23rd December 2013 22:38

Re: Battle and Nickle loads

They were dropped by hand in bundles, each with with a loose band, expectation was that the band would work free on descent.

Important to remember that the leaflets were not primary objective, which was recce - mainly of rivers.

All best

Iain

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