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Bomb Fin or not a bomb?
I own a Luftwaffe fin from what i think is a 50KG bomb, right size colour etc, definatley 50 KG size, dropped on Essex.
However the only numbering i can see is 671 around the base and the tail in hollow but has a heavy "plug" bottom with a hole in the centre of this. Is this from a Bomb or a Flammenbombe or even Phosphorbrandebombe ? The fin type can be seen on page 165 The Blitz Then and Now volume 1. Again its the heavy plug base that tells me its from something more than a standard bomb Last edited by Jon; 23rd April 2007 at 20:29. |
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Re: Bomb Fin or not a bomb?
You could have a look at this site for German aerial bombs:
http://www.warbirdsresourcegroup.org/LRG/bombs.html |
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Re: Bomb Fin or not a bomb?
Hi Amrit1
Thanks, looks like its an SC50, unless someone has any other ideas? |
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Re: Bomb Fin or not a bomb?
Please see attached picture of the fin.
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Re: Bomb Fin or not a bomb?
Hi
I see hole in center and central short strike, so for me is NC 50 D (nebel) NC 50D "see" is absolutly different NC 50 has no strike SC 50 short strike too but largest hole Brand C 50B (phosphor) has largest hole and lateral pin B1 C50 has no hole Best source is Wolfgang Fleischer book near Motorbuchverlag Deutsche abwurfmunition bis 1945 ISBN-3-613-02286-9 In dusseldorf school documents kampfmittel dattenblatt from 1991, who confirm Wolfgang book, one other draw was similar for the tail as NC 50D : KC 50 2 BU ...(kampstoffbombe) Perhaps same parts ... Bsrg, Dan
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