[edwest2]

Hi Brian,


Testing of the PE fuse began in the late Spring of 1938 using a large but unidentified bomber. Testing with bombs began in 1939 in an unspecified number of trials. Two out of five bombs detonated and it was felt that the problems associated with the three that did not could be rectified. As a result, the Tizard Committee ordered 400 to 500 bombs of unspecified weight to be made by Metropolitan-Vickers. The fuses did not perform as anticipated. Strangely (to me), it is stated that no accounts of the tests survived since "most RAE reports were destroyed after the war."



Hope this helps,
Ed