Looking for Information to an British WWII Bomb

Hi to all,

I´ve read a very short memo of an British Bomb called "INC 25 LB Bomb against Forests" It was not vers succesful. Has anyone detailed information or/and pics of it?

Thank you in advance.

Regards

Ulrich

 

Opana Pointer,

I only have the British Code INC 25 LB for it and the Timeframe must´ve been between 1940 and 1941.

Thank you

Regards

Ulrich

 

Here is some stuff I "googled" up:

30lb Incendiary bomb

about 3/4s of the way down the page it talks about the 30lb Incendiary bombs and there is a picture.

BC - Bombs, Mines, Incen's

Again more about the 30lb I.B.

Historic Naval Ships Visitors Guide - BRITISH BOMBS AND FUZES

All that I have found about the 25lb Incendiary bombs is that they were ineffective and their shells were used to develop and construct the 30lb variant.

 

formerjughead,

thank you for your efforts! Yes thats the bomb i´ve read about. It must´ve been not the best development.

Regards

Ulrich

 

Hi Biak,

thank you for your help!

Regards

Ulrich

 

This is the Bomb,Incendiary, 25lb Mk. 1.

It went into production in 1937 after six years development ; it had a streamlined casing containing 7 magnesium-alloy firepots containing a mixture of thermite and magnesium - on impact, the pots were supposed to progressively eject through the tail to a distance of 15m.

With war-clouds gathering, the bomb ( for some bizarre reason ) wasn't actually tested for effectiveness until April 1939, when it was used against a disused factory in Scotland. To quote Mcbean & Hogben : 'Here, to everyone's dismay, the bomb proved a total failure'. So useless was it that the Director of Operational Requirements wrote '...it is clear that no modification will make the bomb entirely satisfactory'.

By this stage, 660,000 of these useless bombs had been manufactured

Various modifications were tried, including breaking the bombs up for their contents, but in the end ( and with the War at a critical stage ) 400,000 were simply scrapped.

The whole saga was actually quite scandalous and at least one lesson was learned the hard way - start testing very early in the development process.

I wasn't previously aware of this story and I've found it fascinating reading in - again - the 'bible' of British bombs : 'Bombs Gone' by J A McBean and A S Hogben ( PSL, 1990 ) which is a real 'mine' ( sorry ! ) of information......

 

Hi Martin,

many thanks for your efforts! The bomb really must have been scrap!

Regards

Ulrich

 

Heres some further info on the 25lb incendiery,
more images in 2nd post

 

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Thank you Spotter!

Great informations and drawings! Sorry for the late reply. Can you PM this pics to me in a larger format please?

Ulrich