KNOWLEDGE FROM THE BOMB COURSE
Various types of bombs; Big bastards; Bigger bastards, and Bloody Beauts. . The term ’Bomb Dispersal’' is a mere euphemism of ’Bum Dispersal'; , a state : created when a bomb bursts nearby. Bombs have fins but are not fish,although some of the pupils are all at sea. • — ... - Bombs have one bad failing. The higher they go,the* harder they fall. * ’ * • ' '*
The tail fins of bombs would suggest uses similar to ‘the rough end of a,pineapple. - Bombs are very law-abiding,and obey rigidly the Law of Gravity. Bombs often go off the deep end. Wouldn’t you if. dropped on the nose. ' ♦ >' / ’ A special Rowe tat ory. Bomb much in evidence at the course, often < ♦fails to explode. — Bombing Instructions. Sit still, don’t move, and the enemy will rarely be able to pick, your .seat. ' ’ It' is "rather a peculiar- fsct that at several times bomb blasts hear, the tyres of cars or trucks have left them practically flat without any evidence of damage or puncture. This has also been noticed with Cascade Boer • < ‘ Comment of a bomb casualty.* n That*s me all over’.
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Peoples Vice, 5 July 1943, Page 3
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183KNOWLEDGE FROM THE BOMB COURSE Peoples Vice, 5 July 1943, Page 3
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