SBC Large

[Finn]

While checking out images at the Imperial War Museum site i found this pic showing the large Small Bomb Container that was carried by the Lancaster:

http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205075491

the 250lb Mk.IA that normally held 90 4lb incendiary bombs is at the left.

Jari

[Selwyn]

While checking out images at the Imperial War Museum site i found this pic showing the large Small Bomb Container that was carried by the Lancaster:

http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205075491

the 250lb Mk.IA that normally held 90 4lb incendiary bombs is at the left.

Jari

I think you will find that the Lanc could carry the small SBC as well, as indicated by it being on a C type bomb trolley in front of a lancaster! It was only in Bomber command that the containers normally held 90 4lb incendiary bombs, Elswhere such as the Desert Fragmentation bombs were the Norm.

Four of these Small SBC with Frags were frequently carried on Blenheims in N Africa with the bomb doors removed, perhaps a good diorama?

Selwyn

Edited March 19, 2012 by Selwyn

[Finn]

Found this while just looking around:

http://surfcity.kund.dalnet.se/italy_tadini.htm

which indicates that not just 40 & 20lb bombs were used but 4lb incendiaries as well by Blenheims in North Africa. Don't know if they were the 90 SBC or 60 SBC versions.

Jari

[Selwyn]

Found this while just looking around:

http://surfcity.kund.dalnet.se/italy_tadini.htm

which indicates that not just 40 & 20lb bombs were used but 4lb incendiaries as well by Blenheims in North Africa. Don't know if they were the 90 SBC or 60 SBC versions.

Jari

I didn't say that 4 lb incendiaries wern't used in N Africa, I said the normal load was small bombs. Think about it, Incendiaries are used to set fire to things and there is not a lot to set fire to in a desert!

It was the smaller SBC used on the Blenheim, the larger one I don't think would fit. I think the largest bomb that the Blenheim could carry was the 500Lb.

Selwyn

[Finn]

I wasn't disputing your comments about the 4lb incendiary's use in North Africa, i just added a link showing in that case they were used. Of course on normal missions dropping incendiaries in the sand wouldn't do much but make a bunch of campfires however in the link above, the target was an airfield with all sorts of things that could burn, a/c, stores, fuel storage area, tents, trucks, etc. so incendiaries were used.

Jari

[Finn]

Here is another pic showing 30lb incendiaries being loaded into the deep SBCs:

http://home.cogeco.ca/~dswallow4/Incendiaries%20Loading.jpg

Jari

[Finn]

While checking out images at the Imperial War Museum site i found this pic showing the large Small Bomb Container that was carried by the Lancaster:

http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205075491

the 250lb Mk.IA that normally held 90 4lb incendiary bombs is at the left.

Jari

Checking the pic again i noticed that the smaller SBC is not 250lb Mk.IA but probably the smaller 160lb Hudson unit, note that the one in the above link has only 2 drop bar brackets and bracing tube is positioned further forward and is missing the front mount as compared to the SBCs here:

http://media.iwm.org.uk/iwm/mediaLib/53/me...ge.jpg?action=d

which have single mounts front and back with 2 double mounts in the middle.

Jari

[Dave Swindell]

Loading SBC's from 16 minutes

 

[TISO]

On 01/04/2012 at 05:41, Finn said:

I wasn't disputing your comments about the 4lb incendiary's use in North Africa, i just added a link showing in that case they were used. Of course on normal missions dropping incendiaries in the sand wouldn't do much but make a bunch of campfires however in the link above, the target was an airfield with all sorts of things that could burn, a/c, stores, fuel storage area, tents, trucks, etc. so incendiaries were used.

Jari

They were used in Greece. Will try to find a link to LUCE photos of unexploded found on italian airfield in Albania