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B-52Hs in Desert Storm with WWII/Korea vintage bombs & British 1000 lb. bombs Qs

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frank

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Jan 12, 2012, 2:47:53 PM1/12/12
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The current issue of AAHS Journal has an article about SAC & mentions
the B-52Hs used during the carpet bombing during Desert Storm wiping
out supplies of iron bombs & mentions that they were all WWII, Korea &
Vietnam era bombs, as well as being loaded with British 1000 lb.
bombs. The article doesn't mention specifics, but I'm pretty sure the
US didn't have streamlined 500 & 750 lb. (or any other for that
matter) bombs during WWII & Korea. Does anyone around here know for
sure that B-52Hs carried the same type of round-nosed iron bombs that
B-17s, B-24s & B-29s & others carried in WWII? Similar question
regarding the 1000 lb British bombs. Anyone know what designation they
were? Lastly, would these bombs been internal carriage only or also
external? I think it'd be neat to make a model of an H with a load of
WWII era bombs & maybe the British ones, too. I don't read posts here
enough to know if Buff Driver's still here, but anyone else, chime in.
Thanks.

Dean Markley

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Jan 12, 2012, 3:08:43 PM1/12/12
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The M117 750 LB bomb was apparently used in Korea:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M117_bomb

John Szalay

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Jan 12, 2012, 3:38:58 PM1/12/12
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frank <famv...@gmail.com> wrote in news:ca0a4e6c-36f7-46f3-a3b5-
0033c1...@f33g2000yqh.googlegroups.com:
http://macmcdougall.com/buff.html

http://www.jimclonts.com/bio.htm
http://www.jimclonts.com/photo03.jpg

http://media.photobucket.com/image/b-52%20in%20desert%20storm/VF-29
_PHOTO/mybuddysB52Bomber.jpg


Possible B-52 CONVENTIONAL loadout
51 CBU-52 (27 int, 18 ext)
51 CBU-58 (27 int, 18 ext)
51 CBU-71 (27 int, 18 ext)
30 CBU 87 (6 int, 18 ext)
30 CBU 89 (6 int, 18 ext)
30 CBU 97 (6 int, 18 ext)
51 M117
18 Mk 20 (ext)
51 Mk 36
8 Mk 41
12 Mk 52
8 Mk 55
8 Mk 56
51 Mk 59
8 Mk 60 (CapTor)
51 Mk. 62
8 Mk. 64
8 Mk 65
51 MK 82
18 MK 84 (ext)

Keith W

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Jan 12, 2012, 4:04:12 PM1/12/12
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The British weapons would probably be the 1000 lb MC bomb

http://www.wwiiequipment.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=104:1000lb-medium-capacity-bomb&catid=43:bombs&Itemid=60

They were carried both internally and externally

Picture of RAF Lancaster carrying 14x1000 lb MC bombs
http://www.flickr.com/photos/39411748@N06/6368901945/

Picture of MC bombs being loaded on B-25's

http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205211689

Keith



Greg Hennessy

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Jan 13, 2012, 5:13:02 AM1/13/12
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On Thu, 12 Jan 2012 11:47:53 -0800 (PST), frank <famv...@gmail.com> wrote:

>Similar question
>regarding the 1000 lb British bombs. Anyone know what designation they
>were?

http://articles.janes.com/articles/Janes-Air-Launched-Weapons/Mk-10-13-20-and-22-1-000-lb-UK-GP-bombs-United-Kingdom.html


ISTR reading something in the dim distant past, that the US requested them
because of their forged rather than cast construction they were more
effective when dropped on hardened structures.
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