Buccaneer WE177 carrage.

[Shaun]

Does anyone have info on how the Bucanneer  carried the WE177. What was more common the long or short versions.

Were the aircraft parked with the bomb bay open when sitting QRA in Germany..

Cheers

Shaun.

[Muzz]

Hi Shaun, this pdf should be of interest, a section dedicated to the Bucc using the weapon........

 

https://basicint.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/A-History-of-the-UK-WE-177.pdf

[Selwyn]

2 hours ago, Shaun said:

Does anyone have info on how the Bucanneer  carried the WE177. What was more common the long or short versions.

Were the aircraft parked with the bomb bay open when sitting QRA in Germany..

Cheers

Shaun.

Up to two bombs in the internal bomb bay, the WE177A small bomb was primarily a naval weapon. so unlikely to be seen on Germany. The bomb bays would be open in the HAS as the aircrew had to inspect and arm the bombs before flight.

 

Selwyn

[Shaun]

39 minutes ago, Selwyn said:

Up to two bombs in the internal bomb bay, the WE177A small bomb was primarily a naval weapon. so unlikely to be seen on Germany. The bomb bays would be open in the HAS as the aircrew had to inspect and arm the bombs before flight.

 

Selwyn

Thought that maybe the case..👍

[canberra kid]

There is a lot of info, somewhere on here that I posted up. 

John