NEW AIR TERROR
LIGHT INCENDIARY BOMBS FACILITIES FOR WIDESPREAD DEATH AND DISASTER. ONE PLANE ABLE TO CARRY TWO THOUSAND. By Telegraph—Press Association— Copyright. LONDON, December 6. Mr A. R. Astbury, the Home Office air raid precautions expert, in an address to scientists and engineers today, described a new incendiary bomb, so light and small, that one large bomber could carry 2000 and release them from containers 20 at a time, falling 250 feet a second and spreading out. “One large bomber, flying in a straight line at 200 miles an hour at 5000 ft, and releasing 20 such bombs a second above an area containing 15 per cent of buildings, might start fires at intervals of not more than 60 to 70 yards,” said Mr Astbury. He added that the bombs contained inflammable metal magnesium, which would burn for 10 to 20 minutes at 1300 degrees centigrade.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 7 December 1938, Page 8
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147NEW AIR TERROR Wairarapa Times-Age, 7 December 1938, Page 8
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