Place | Oceania: Australia, Tasmania, Hobart |
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Accession Number | REL/04064 |
Collection type | Technology |
Object type | Aircraft component |
Place made | United Kingdom |
Date made | 1943 |
Conflict |
Second World War, 1939-1945 |
BOMB RELEASE COMPUTER
Description
Bomb release computer marked "BS MK X1VA CORRECTOR CAM. REF NO. 9/3418 TYPE Y. Serial number of computer 15646/43. Date of installation 2.7.45. Date of ground levelling: 14.8.45."
History / Summary
Used in Avro Lancaster no. PB. 767 which served with 514, 115, and 138 Squadrons RAF during the 1939- 1945 war. The aircraft was written off after a crash on 5.2.1946.