NEW BRITISH BOMBS
DESCRIBED IN SWISS REPORT. CAPABLE OF WIDESPREAD DESTRUCTION. (By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright) (Received This Day, 12.50 p.m.) ZURICH, April 27. A new British incendiary bomb nicknamed bidon (can), is capable of causing widespread destruction to buildings and forests. Dropped by parachute, it drifts over a wide area and is very difficult to extinguish, because of its phosphorous content.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 28 April 1942, Page 4
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60NEW BRITISH BOMBS Wairarapa Times-Age, 28 April 1942, Page 4
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