BOMB RELEASE COMPUTER Accession Number: REL/04064

Description

Bomb release computer marked "BS MK X1VA CORRECTOR CAM. REF NO. 9/3418 TYPE Y. Serial number of computer 15646/43. Date of installation 2.7.45. Date of ground levelling: 14.8.45."

Contextual Description

Used in Avro Lancaster no. PB. 767 which served with 514, 115, and 138 Squadrons RAF during the 1939- 1945 war. The aircraft was written off after a crash on 5.2.1946.

Details

Accession Number
REL/04064
Classification
Technology
Object Type
Aircraft component
Date Made
1943
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright not applicable

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