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April 7th 08, 12:57 PM
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Bombs Away, pt 4 - B52 e.jpg (1/1)
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April 7th 08, 01:45 PM
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Bombs Away, pt 4 - B52 e.jpg (1/1)
"Bruce R" wrote in news:47fa117b$0$24094
: Mitch, Looking at that perfect "stick" of bombs dropping, what causes the few strays that appear out in front of the main drop? They are from another Buff that is out of the picture, IIRC
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April 7th 08, 02:03 PM
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"Mitchell Holman" wrote:
"Bruce R" wrote: Looking at that perfect "stick" of bombs dropping, what causes the few strays that appear out in front of the main drop? They are from another Buff that is out of the picture, IIRC They look to be the same size as the other bombs. Maybe they were released from the underwing pylons. --Bill Thompson
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April 8th 08, 02:41 AM
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Mitchell Holman wrote:
"Bruce R" wrote in news:47fa117b$0$24094 : Mitch, Looking at that perfect "stick" of bombs dropping, what causes the few strays that appear out in front of the main drop? They are from another Buff that is out of the picture, IIRC If you look carefully at the picture, you can see external stores. My guess is that the bombs in question came from there.
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April 8th 08, 03:29 AM
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Bombs Away, pt 4 - B52 e.jpg (1/1)
David Hartung wrote in
: Mitchell Holman wrote: "Bruce R" wrote in news:47fa117b$0$24094 : Mitch, Looking at that perfect "stick" of bombs dropping, what causes the few strays that appear out in front of the main drop? They are from another Buff that is out of the picture, IIRC If you look carefully at the picture, you can see external stores. My guess is that the bombs in question came from there. The external stores seem to all in place, no empty racks.
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April 8th 08, 04:24 AM
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Bombs Away, pt 4 - B52 e.jpg (1/1)
Mitchell Holman wrote:
David Hartung wrote in : Mitchell Holman wrote: "Bruce R" wrote in news:47fa117b$0$24094 : Mitch, Looking at that perfect "stick" of bombs dropping, what causes the few strays that appear out in front of the main drop? They are from another Buff that is out of the picture, IIRC If you look carefully at the picture, you can see external stores. My guess is that the bombs in question came from there. The external stores seem to all in place, no empty racks. The B52D carried two external stores pylons, each pylon carried 2 "mers" each mer(multiple ejection racks) carried 6 bombs. most of these would be unseen from the angle the picture was taken.
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April 19th 08, 12:19 AM
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Bombs Away, pt 4 - B52 e.jpg (1/1)
Here's another B-52 picture showing the same "strays". They are from the
wing mounted MER. Each MER held 12 bombs. The "stray" bombs in question are either from the opposite wing MER or from the right MER, part of which in blocked from view by the right, inboard engine pylon. I was stationed in Guam and Okinawa in '67 and '68 and MERs held either 500 or 750 pound iron bombs. "David Hartung" wrote in message . .. Mitchell Holman wrote: David Hartung wrote in : Mitchell Holman wrote: "Bruce R" wrote in news:47fa117b$0$24094 : Mitch, Looking at that perfect "stick" of bombs dropping, what causes the few strays that appear out in front of the main drop? They are from another Buff that is out of the picture, IIRC If you look carefully at the picture, you can see external stores. My guess is that the bombs in question came from there. The external stores seem to all in place, no empty racks. The B52D carried two external stores pylons, each pylon carried 2 "mers" each mer(multiple ejection racks) carried 6 bombs. most of these would be unseen from the angle the picture was taken.
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April 19th 08, 12:30 AM
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Bombs Away, pt 4 - B52 e.jpg (1/1)
That's engine pod, not pylon. Sorry.
"Dwah61" wrote in message ... Here's another B-52 picture showing the same "strays". They are from the wing mounted MER. Each MER held 12 bombs. The "stray" bombs in question are either from the opposite wing MER or from the right MER, part of which in blocked from view by the right, inboard engine pylon. I was stationed in Guam and Okinawa in '67 and '68 and MERs held either 500 or 750 pound iron bombs. "David Hartung" wrote in message . .. Mitchell Holman wrote: David Hartung wrote in : Mitchell Holman wrote: "Bruce R" wrote in news:47fa117b$0$24094 : Mitch, Looking at that perfect "stick" of bombs dropping, what causes the few strays that appear out in front of the main drop? They are from another Buff that is out of the picture, IIRC If you look carefully at the picture, you can see external stores. My guess is that the bombs in question came from there. The external stores seem to all in place, no empty racks. The B52D carried two external stores pylons, each pylon carried 2 "mers" each mer(multiple ejection racks) carried 6 bombs. most of these would be unseen from the angle the picture was taken.
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