JAPANESE FIRE-BOMBS
I, PELLETS OF PHOSPHOROUS % DIFFICULT TO SUBDUE ’ (2 p.m.i NEW DELHI, June 28. It is revealed that the Japanese are fc. using 1201 b. incendiary bombs, each |fe containing many rubber pellets the & size of pigeons’ eggs. The explosion W- of the bombs hurls the pellets 50 P, yards. The pellets are impregnated ■v with phosphorous which burns freely 8.-.' in the open air and re-ignites after K? being put out with water.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXIX, Issue 20823, 30 June 1942, Page 5
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