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Re: Aircraft attacks on U-Boats.
Posted by: ROBERT M. ()
Date: November 25, 2008 10:05AM

Rainer, et al:

The U.S. ASW aircraft used depth bombs successfully to attack U-boats.

The Mark 17 depth bomb had an impact nose fuse and an athwartship-mounted Mark 24 hydrostatic fuse which was normally set at 50 feet. It weighed 325# overall with 234# of TNT.

The Mark 47 depth bomb also had contact and hydrostatic fuses. It had 252# of Torpex as its main charge.

Later,

ROBERT M.

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Aircraft attacks on U-Boats. Gaines Blackwell 11/18/2008 04:10AM
Re: Aircraft attacks on U-Boats. Rainer 11/23/2008 01:16PM
Re: Aircraft attacks on U-Boats. ROBERT M. 11/25/2008 01:08AM
Re: Aircraft attacks on U-Boats. Rainer 11/26/2008 12:23AM
Re: Aircraft attacks on U-Boats. ROBERT M. 11/26/2008 02:50AM
Re: Aircraft attacks on U-Boats. ROBERT M. 11/25/2008 10:05AM
Re: Aircraft attacks on U-Boats. Platon Alexiades 11/23/2008 02:19PM
Re: Aircraft attacks on U-Boats. Gaines Blackwell 11/24/2008 04:18PM


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