Thanh Hoa Bridge Attack

chunks · Post by **chunks** » Fri Apr 02, 2010 7:33 pm

Cool video. Are my eyes right? At about the 2:15 mark, are those WWII era bombs on those Intruders?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hIe1eLdW ... r_embedded

ostketten · Post by **ostketten** » Sat Apr 03, 2010 6:51 am

Are my eyes right? At about the 2:15 mark, are those WWII era bombs on those Intruders?

I think your eyes might be right. WWII era bombs were sometimes used on Navy strike aircraft in 'Nam. Don't know if you recall the USS Forrestal disaster where 500 pounders and other ordnance started ccoking off on the deck of the carrier, but most of those bombs, including some 1000 pounders, were the old WWII "Comp B" bombs (composition B explosive filler) that had become unstable and had increased in explosive power due to age.

Forrestal fire: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1967_USS_Forrestal_fire

chunks · Post by **chunks** » Sat Apr 03, 2010 3:35 pm

ostketten wrote:
Are my eyes right? At about the 2:15 mark, are those WWII era bombs on those Intruders?
I think your eyes might be right. WWII era bombs were sometimes used on Navy strike aircraft in 'Nam. Don't know if you recall the USS Forrestal disaster where 500 pounders and other ordnance started ccoking off on the deck of the carrier, but most of those bombs, including some 1000 pounders, were the old WWII "Comp B" bombs (composition B explosive filler) that had become unstable and had increased in explosive power due to age.

Forrestal fire: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1967_USS_Forrestal_fire

Thanks much! Pretty surprising how long such things get held onto. Shouldn't be through, I'm now reminded of the .45 and M-3 grease gun I'd carried back in the '70's while on tanks. Both were WWII manufactured and still general issue, for tankers anyway.