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SU3401 : WWII Hampshire - RAF Beaulieu airfield: bomb preparation area (3)
taken 8 years ago, near to Furzey Lodge, Hampshire, England
WWII Hampshire - RAF Beaulieu airfield: bomb preparation area (3)
The securing rings below the loading platform were known as trammelling rings, and would have facilitated the unloading of bombs from delivery lorries. Ropes tied to them would be looped around the bombs and then 'trammelled' off the lorry onto the platform slope ready for fuzing and the attachment of fins. Tractor towed bomb trolleys would then take the completed bombs out to the aircraft waiting to be 'bombed up'.
Bomb preparation: attachment of external bomb components
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and fusing of a 4000 lb Blockbuster or Cookie bomb:
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SU3401 : WWII Hampshire - RAF Beaulieu airfield: bomb preparation area (4)
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