Hi guy’s,
not often do I get stumped with Lancaster parts, but this one has me wondering for sure. These unusual items were found at a Lanc crash site and try as I might, I cannot find anything remotely like them in the manuals or online. The closest thing I could get to was the supports for the mounting of a 12 or 22000 pound bomb. This isnt right though as this lanc didn’t carry them?? Any ideas??
By: Arabella-Cox - 29th January 2015 at 08:36
a nasty bit of iron to fall from the sky!
The only friendly bomb is the one the poet wanted to land on Slough.
By: Arabella-Cox - 29th January 2015 at 07:35
That’s them we do have a sbc in the museum. These drop bars from what I gather were lost with the load, a bomb release holds one end and the other just hooks up onto the opposite side. a nasty bit of iron to fall from the sky!
By: Peter - 28th January 2015 at 21:57
Brilliant, thank you good sir! I found a picture showing them in place.
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By: Arabella-Cox - 28th January 2015 at 21:55
Some info here about half way down the page. Diagram is small but you can see where the bars sit across the top of the SBC.
By: Peter - 28th January 2015 at 21:48
Do you have a picture at all redhill?
By: Arabella-Cox - 28th January 2015 at 21:23
Drop bars from a small bomb container, they hold the 4ib inc in the container and are released with the load.
By: spark plug - 28th January 2015 at 17:01
They look pretty close Pete pehaps an experiment was in hand, Kev
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