SZ/OEMU/54/3/1 - Special Incident No. 1. U.S. M41 20 lb Fragmentation Bomb Accident 12/6/44, [undated]

Reference code

SZ/OEMU/54/3/1

Level of description

Item

Title

Special Incident No. 1. U.S. M41 20 lb Fragmentation Bomb Accident 12/6/44, [undated]

Date/s

1944

Quantity & Format

54 leaves

Subject

Fragmentation bombs
World War, 1939-1945
Military accidents

Creator

United States. Army. European Theater of Operations.

Scope and content

Refers to a bomb, designated as U.S. M41 and described as an anti-personnel fragmentation bomb. This bomb was accidentally dropped on the concrete surface of dispersal area no. 3 of AAF station 128 at Deenthorpe, England, 12/6/44. Seventeen casualties resulted, 5 fatal. A 14 page report is included, a diagram of the site, photographs of fragments and damaged aircraft, x-rays of casualties, and body maps of the wound sites [totalling 54 leaves].

SZ - Zuckerman Archive
- SZ/OEMU - Ministry of Home Security, Oxford Extra-Mural Unit
  - SZ/OEMU/54 - [OEMU. Army Casualties and United States Air Force Casualties, 1942-1945]
    - SZ/OEMU/54/3 - [Allan Palmer and the Operational Research Section, 1943-1945]
      - SZ/OEMU/54/3/1 - Special Incident No. 1. U.S. M41 20 lb Fragmentation Bomb Accident 12/6/44, [undated]

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