TOBRUK. COMPONENT PARTS OF A THERMOS BOMB TAKEN TO PIECES BY A MEMBER OF THE BRITISH BOMB ...

Place Africa: North Africa, Libya, Cyrenaica, Tobruk Area, Tobruk
Accession Number 007585
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white
Physical description Black & white
Maker Hurley, James Francis (Frank)
Place made North Africa: Libya, Cyrenaica, Tobruk Area
Date made 7 May 1941
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

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Description

TOBRUK. COMPONENT PARTS OF A THERMOS BOMB TAKEN TO PIECES BY A MEMBER OF THE BRITISH BOMB DISPOSAL SQUAD. THIS IS MOST LIKELY THE FIRST THERMOS BOMB THAT HAS BEEN RENDERED INEFFECTIVE AND KEPT WHOLE AS IT REQUIRES ONLY THE SLIGHTEST VIBRATION TO SET THEM OFF. (NEGATIVE BY F. HURLEY).