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WW1 MK III Aerial bomb, unexpected find.


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I picked up this WW1 50 pounder, lacking a fin. Planning to fab another one from 16 gauge steel and repaint in original brown. It has no less than 5 coats of paint, sandblasting is in order.

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For future reference: 6 in diameter, 36 in overall . Square nuts and spot welds , rudimentary construction. 

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I love it!! Thanks for sharing. I want one.


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It will compliment my Vietnam era 500 pounder, no room here and I have to move the stuff around to various Organizations for display....some day I will get my “ museum” in one place.

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They used to be very hard to find, but lately I know of three or four that were on the market. Most came from life long collections being liquidated. I saw one here a few weeks ago that a member acquired.

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Love that ordinance. The WW1 bomb is particularly neat. ....and I'm always amazed when I see that 16 inch projectile.  

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14 minutes ago, sundance said:

Love that ordinance. The WW1 bomb is particularly neat. ....and I'm always amazed when I see that 16 inch projectile.  

The 16”/50 is really impressive, currently in my garage, but it gives me a back ache every time I just think about moving it...it weighs in at 2,000 lbs and it sits with a high CG Making winching onto the trailer always a nervous Nellie exercise....

  • 2 weeks later...
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Coming along, fin welded, acid etched, primed, ready for a coat of khaki brown.

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Looking very nice...I have always loved the looks of these early bombs. 

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Very well done.

 

How tall is that thing?

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I've got $10. burning a hole in my pocket that could be yours. A joke of course. Really a great item. Congrats.

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I bought the Mk II 20lb aerial bomb at a flea market around 1970-71. Empty and I could never figure out how it was fuzed. The thin steel tail assembly is held on by a small nut and bolt on each fin. the lettering on the black band reads - M-R CORP Mark II Lot _____ No. _____ ____

 I have found no other markings.

 

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917601,

Concerning your 50 lb MkIII, what would that have been charged with? They didn't have a lot of specialty explosives back then did they? And I thought my Oerlikon round was taking up a lot of space!

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I have this one , 2,000 lbs,16”/50, I moved it into a local museum as I ran out of room….thinking of moving it back into my house….the living room, as the wife ( ex) has departed. A man has to do what he has to….I also have a nice 9 foot 1971 500 lb practice bomb, that needs to come home.

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