The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
AIR RAID PRECAUTIONS: INCENDIARY BOMBS CAN BE EXTINGUISHED WITH SAND MATS, WHICH ARE BAGS CUT IN HALF, PARTLY FILLED WITH SAND, AND SEWN UP MATTRESS-FASHION. THE SAND-MAT IS HELD UP AS A SHIELD AS THE BOMB IS APPROACHED, THEN PLACED, NOT THROWN, ON THE BOMB. THE BAG BURNS THROUGH, ALLOWING THE SAND TO SMOTHER THE BOMB. THIS PICTURE SHOWS HOW THE SAND MAT IS SEWN TO PREVENT THE SAND RUNNING TO ONE CORNER.
AIR RAID PRECAUTIONS: INCENDIARY BOMBS CAN BE EXTINGUISHED WITH SAND MATS, WHICH ARE BAGS CUT IN HALF, PARTLY FILLED WITH SAND, AND SEWN UP MATTRESS-FASHION. THE SAND-MAT IS HELD UP AS A SHIELD AS THE
AIR RAID PRECAUTIONS: INCENDIARY BOMBS CAN BE EXTINGUISHED WITH SAND MATS, WHICH ARE BAGS CUT IN HALF, PARTLY FILLED WITH SAND, AND SEWN UP MATTRESS-FASHION. THE SAND-MAT IS HELD UP AS A SHIELD AS THE
New Guinea. The Yanks have found new pleasure at their base at Maffin Bay. William George Jack of New York is inflating a mattress by running along the beach and allowing it to fill with air. It is th
AIR RAID PRECAUTIONS: A STIRRUP PUMP WITH 30 FEET OF HOSE AND AN ADJUSTABLE NOZZLE GIVING A SPRAY OF 15 FEET FOR THE BOMB ITSELF, AND A STREAM OF 30 FEET FOR THE RESULTANT FIRE, BEING USED TO PUT OUT
Replica, fabricated from timber, of a 4lb Mk III incendiary bomb. Length 21.4 inches, hexagonal shape, 1.67 inches across the flats. Painted silver, with dull red nose. Two 1/2 inch black bands sepa
Replica, fabricated from timber, of a 4lb Mk III incendiary bomb. Length 21.4 inches, hexagonal shape, 1.67 inches across the flats. Painted silver, with dull red nose. Two 1/2 inch black bands sepa
