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14th November 2005, 14:42

Peter Kassak Peter Kassak is offline

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Hi Folks...

Can anyone write me how were mounted in bombay of Wimpy = wellington bomber magnetic naval mines, which they used for mining rivers???
Was it the same rack as for regular bombs?? or something different? I do not expect they had them outside of a/c...
and how many of them did they carry on one usuall mission?

Thanks

Peter

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