The average 5001b aerial bomb splinters on explosion into 4000 and 6000 fragment*. Each about one inch in diameter, may fly as far as 1500 yards. It begins its journey at the rate of 9000 ft per second.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXXI, Issue 282, 27 November 1940, Page 13
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