The following photos are courtesy of Geoff Smith. For more information, Geoff can be contacted via E-mail at: geoff-smith@ntlworld.com
Attached are 3 shots of the Bomb HE, Cooper 20lb. These are racked on the RAF museum's DH9. The first and second show general details of nose and tail and also show the two crutches and carrying lug and on the third shot, the arm preventing rotation of the fuze arming vane can be seen.. The shape of this arm can be discerned in the first photo and it is adjusted by a slide and thumb-screw on the front bar of the carrier. Prior to loading the fuse and vane would be fitted with a protective cap for safety.
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The following photos are courtesy of Jim Schubert. For more information, Jim can be contacted via E-mail at: razonjim@centurytel.net
Here are pictures of John Alcorn's US made Cooper 20 Pound Bomb taken on Thursday March 18. It is identical with the British made bombs except for its color; the Brit bombs were a pale Khaki color and the US bombs were a "Peasoup Green", traces of which remain on John's unrestored bomb. The color bands that most Brit bombs had indicated the explosive content. On Harry Woodman's advice John applied a white and a red band to each bomb, indicating General Purpose, on his Ninak in Mespot service. The red and yellow on John's bomb are unreadable remnents of old graffiti. It has not been mentioned so far in these discussions but the bomb's after body is made of wood. The main body is cast iron - note the rust on John's example - and the fins are sheet steel. If you look closely at the photos from the Falcon Museum you can see the wood grain under the gray paint. John's has a split near the forward end of the wood that has white tape wrapped around it to keep it from coming apart. Mark's renderings seem to imply the propeller is sheet metal; it is actually cast aluminum. The bomb is 24 and 3/4 inches long overall - minus the wire loop aft of the tail and is five inches in diameter.
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Knut Erik Hagen took these photos in July 2003.
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Knut Erik Hagen took these photos in May 2004.
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