Sunday, May 20, 2018

Incendiary Bombs



How to deal with an Incendiary Bomb (1940) > .
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rKSLEwxUP1w .

UXBs - Unexploded bombs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nLPLgqm4Zq4 .

Bombs, Detonators, Guns, Mines - tb >> .  
Fire Services — NFS, AFS, LFB - tb >> .
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLtakTnKQQMCwPk-w2ej-S_SYisWNtRZxK .

Weaponology - "Incendiary Bombs" > .
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lsnRksAMy8M .

Colour video -- stirrup pump demonstration
http://www.westendatwar.org.uk/page_id__127.aspx?path=0p27p .


1KG incendiary Bomb that was dropped in such large numbers on the night of the 29th December.

These were relatively small devices and could be easy to deal with, however when dropped in such large numbers, it only took a few to start fires in hard to reach locations that could very quickly get out of control.

The 1KG incendiary was 34.5cm long and 5cm in diameter. The body was of magnesium alloy with a filling of an incendiary compound (thermite). On hitting the ground, a needle was driven into a percussion cap which ignited the thermite. The heat from this also ignited the magnesium casing causing an intense heat which would ignite any flammable material that the bomb was in contact with.
http://alondoninheritance.com/thebombedcity/the-second-great-fire-of-london-29th-december-1940/ .

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