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U.S.N.B.D. - BRITISH BOMBS AND FUZES; PYROTECHNICS; DETONATORS
RECOGNITION OF BRITISH BOMBS
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Tail Numbers of British Bombs

On bombs up to 1000 lb. types tail units are attached by means of a spring clip as-sembly. Tail units are attached by means of bolts to bombs of 1000 lb. and over. In either case the tail is likely to be torn away from the bomb on impact and found lying on or near the surface of the ground. Since each individual bomb is provided with its own specific tail unit, the tail unit number, which will be found stencilled on one of the tail fine, serves as a ready means of identifying the bomb to be dealt with. The following table lists the numbers of the tail units now in use and the bombs with each is used.
Mairkings on
Tail Units		 Bomb with Which used
No. 1 Mk I S.A.P. 250 lb. Mks II & III
S.A.P. 500 lb. Mks II & III
A.P. 2000 lb. Mk I
G.P. 250 lb. Mk III
G.P. 500 lb. Mk III
I.B. 250 lb. Mks I & II
No. 1 Mk II T.I. 250 lb. Mk I
No. 2 Mk I G.P. 250 lb. Mk IV
G.P. 500 lb. Mk IV
M.C. 250 lb. Mk I
M.C. 500 lb. Mk IV
No. 2 Mk II G.P. 250 lb. Mks IV & V
M.C. 250 lb. Mk V
No. 4 Mk I S.A.P. 500 lb. Mks IIC & IIIC
No. 7 Mk II A.S. 100 lb. Mk IV
No. 8 Mk I A.S. 250 lb. Mk IV
No. 9 Mk I A.S. 500 lb. Mk IV
No. 10 Mk I S.A.P. 250 lb. Mk V
A.P. 2000 lb. Mks II & III
No. 11 Mk I S.A.P. 500 lb. Mk V
No. 13 Mk I G.P. 1000 lb. Mks I - IV
No. 14 Mk I G.P. 1900 lb. Mk I
No. 15 Mk I A.P. 2000 lb. Mks II & III
No. 23 Mk I "B" 250 lb. Mk III
No. 24 Mk I H.C. 4000 lb. Mks II & IV
No. 25 Mk I M.C. 500 lb. Mks I - IV
No. 26 Mk I G.P. 500 lb. Mks IV & V
M.C. 500 lb. Mk IV
No. 26 Mk II G.P. 500 lb. Mks IV & V
No. 27 Mk I S.A.P. 500 lb. Mk V
No. 28 Mk I M.C. 500 lb. Mks I - III
No. 29 Mk I G.P. 1000 lb. Mks I - IV
No. 31 Mk I L.C. 500 lb. Mk II
Smoke 500 lb. Mk I
I.B. 500 lb. Mk I
No. 32 Mk I H.C. 2000 lb. Mk I
No. 33 Mk I H.C. 8000 lb. Mks I & II
No. 34 Mk I G.P. 4000 lb. Mks I & II
No. 35 Mk I Seemarker 250 lb. No. 19 Mk I
T.I. 250 lb. Mk I
No. 36 Mk I A.S. 600 lb. Mk I
No. 37 Mk I M.C. 1000 lb. Mk I
No. 38 Mk I M.C. 4000 lb. Mk I
No. 39 Mk I H.C. 2000 lb. Mks II & III
No. 40 Mk I I.B. 30 lb. Mks III & IV
No. 41 Mk I Smoke 120 lb. Mk I
No. 42 Mk I Cluster Projectile No. 14 Mk I
No. 43 Mk I Cluster Projectile No. 15 Mk I
No. 44 Mk I & II Cluster Projectile No. 4 Mk I
No. 45 Mk I Cluster Projectile No. 6 Mk I
No. 45 Mk II Cluster Projectile No. 7 Mk I
No. 47 Mk I A.P. 2000 lb. Mk IV
No. 48 Mks II & III Cluster Projectile No. 15 Mk II
No. 52 Mk I H.C. 8000 lb. Mks I & II
H.C. 12,000 lb. Mk II
No. 54 Mk I G.P. 500 lb. American (M 64)
No. 55 Mk I G.P. 1000 lb. American (M 65)
No. 56 Mk I A.S. 100 lb. Mk IV
No. 57 Mk I T.I. 1000 lb. Mk I
No. 63 Mks I & II Cluster Projectile No. 17 Mk II
No. 65 Mk I Cluster Projectile No. 23 Mk I
No. 66 Mk I Cluster Projectile No. 24 Mk I
No. 69 Mk I Cluster Projectile No. 1 Mk I
No. 70 Mk I Cluster Projectile No. 2 Mk I
No. 75 Mks I & II T.I. 250 lb. Mk I
No. 78 Mk I D.P. 12,000 lb. Mk I
No. 79 Mk I I.B. 400 lb. Mk I
No. 81 Mk I Smoke 500 lb. Mk II

No. 82 Mk I

D.P. 22,000 lb. Mk I
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