SZ/OEMU/52/2/9 - Use of parachute bombs in low flying attacks, January 1941

Reference code

SZ/OEMU/52/2/9

Level of description

Item

Title

Use of parachute bombs in low flying attacks, January 1941

Date/s

1941

Quantity & Format

1 leaf

Subject

Mines, Aerial

Creator

Great Britain. Air Ministry. Director of Air Tactics.

Scope and content

BC 36

Low flying attacks are vulnerable to high casualties. The decisions upon which the order for low flying attacks are made are outlined. The minimum distance from which a parachute bomb can be dropped is insufficient to allow the aircraft to use ground cover. Hence the decision to declare obsolete the 20 lb. parachute bomb, and to convert those in store to ordinary 20 lb. bombs.

SZ - Zuckerman Archive
- SZ/OEMU - Ministry of Home Security, Oxford Extra-Mural Unit
  - SZ/OEMU/52 - [Air Ministry Bombing Committee, 1941-1943]
    - SZ/OEMU/52/2 - [Air Ministry Bombing Committee: Miscellaneous reports, 1941-1943]
      - SZ/OEMU/52/2/9 - Use of parachute bombs in low flying attacks, January 1941

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