Anyone know what this practice bomb is?

[Gil Boyd]

Steve,
I am hoping to get you a like minded photo of one they have at Duxford in the WW1 section , but due to staffing levels and opening yesterday to limited numbers it ain't easy my friend.

There are so many shapes for the wood ones, but weight was essential and also the aerodynamics of its flight to an accurate substitute for the real thing.
I am still putting my money on a U.S. made variant with the Brit string pull release system, and the reason for the two holes.

Read this which confirms a truth:

President Roosevelt received the following intelligence briefing from Donovan, head of OSS: “For months, Berlin has been camouflaging its streets, squares, parks and lakes to confuse Allied fliers ... To show contempt for this German effort at camouflage, a single RAF plane flew over ... and dropped one wooden bomb.”

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[browningautorifle]

To show contempt for this German effort at camouflage, a single RAF plane flew over ... and dropped one wooden bomb.”

Kind of like the mission of a Beaufighter to fly over the streets of Paris during the noontime German occupation parade...Operation Squabble. Have a read... Ten Minute Triumph Over Tyranny > Vintage Wings of Canada

[Gil Boyd]

They all did some memorable things in both wars that are sheer legends and helped to lift morale at a dark time. Wooden bombs on wooden fake planes, flying through the heart of occupied Paris Brilliant!!

[browningautorifle]

flying through the heart of occupied Paris

Imagine if the noon parade had been happening and they had the chance to plough field greys with 20mm as planned...would have been spectacular.