BOMB, AIR TO SURFACE
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- Material Type
- Artifact
- Other Name
- PRACTICE OR DUMMY BOMB
- Date Range From
- 1939
- Date Range To
- 1945
- Materials
- STEEL
- Catalogue Number
- P19920045002
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Other Name
- PRACTICE OR DUMMY BOMB
- Date Range From
- 1939
- Date Range To
- 1945
- Materials
- STEEL
- No. Pieces
- 1
- Length
- 39.8
- Diameter
- 7.6
- Description
- STEEL JACKET WITH HANGING RING & TAIL FIN. PAINTED WHITE WITH GREY UNDERCOAT. EXTENSIVE SURFACE CORROSION. TAIL FIN HOUSING BENT.
- Subjects
- ARMAMENT-AMMUNITION
- Historical Association
- MILITARY
- History
- PRACTICE BOMB USED AT NO.8 BOMBING & GUNNERY SCHOOL LETHBRIDGE DURING W.W.II. BOMBS RELEASED SMOKE WHICH HELPED TRAINING CREWS DETERMINE ACCURACY OF BOMBING. BOMBS WERE COLLECTED & REUSED. DONOR TRAINED AT LETHBRIDGE WHICH WAS 1 OF MANY SITES ACROSS CANADA WHICH TRAINED AIR CREW FOR W.W.II AS PART OF THE COMMONWEALTH AIR TRAINING PLAN. SEE P19920045001-GA FOR ADDITIONAL HISTORY.
- Catalogue Number
- P19920045002
- Acquisition Date
- 1992-08
- Collection
- Museum
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