The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Japanese, 60 kilogram incendiary bomb. The main casing is bullet shaped with a double row of 20mm raised rivett heads extending around the diameter of the steel casing at the nose end. The fuze mechanism has been removed from the threaded aperture in the nose. A securing shackle and plate is rivetted to the top of the bomb casing, allowing attachment to an aircraft. The tail section consists of a steel cone rivetted to the rear of the bomb casing with four steel fins welded to the cone. Some rivetts are missing near the tail section, which has become loosened from the main casing. The bomb is completely covered in surface corrosion and the four tail fins are bent and damaged.
This bomb was dropped on Darwin in the first Japanese air raid on 19 February 1942.
Cooper 20 pound aerial bomb. The bomb is made from steel and has four tail fins. The nose cone has a No 7 T fuze attached. A removable nose cone cover is screwed onto the nose. The bomb is painted bro
Luftwaffe Brandbomb 1kg Elektron 1 incendiary bomb. Length 350mm. The body of the bomb is an Elektron-magnesium alloy tube 50mm in diameter. The bomb terminates with a cruciform thin sheet metal tail,
German 12.5 kg P.u.W. aerial bomb. The bomb is made from high grade steel and is painted light blue. The tail consists of four stabilising fins. Fuse missing. The P.u.W 12.5 kilogram aircraft bomb (
German 12.5 kg P.u.W. aerial bomb. The bomb is made from high grade steel and is painted light blue. The tail consists of four stabilising fins. Fuse missing. The P.u.W 12.5 kilogram aircraft bomb (
A 250 pound Mark V SAP (Semi Armour-Piercing) aerial bomb that was typically deployed against naval craft, reinforced concrete or steel constructions. The bomb is 1230 mm long. It consists of a 800 mm
250 kilogram aerial bomb tail with German acceptance stamp markings. This relic comprises of the tail section from a German 250 kilogram aerial bomb, as used by the Luftwaffe during the Second Worl