Anyone know what this practice bomb is?

[Aragorn243]

I know I like it, the wood is in great shape, the metal not so much. Asking $60 for it which seems high but I can afford it as I haven't bought anything for a few weeks.

But what is it? Who's is it? There are two small holes on one side that look like they could be used for a hanger of some sort.

It's roughly 10 inches high.

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[HOOKED ON HISTORY]

Anyone know what this practice bomb is?

Yes cool.
But no I cant imagine what good a wood practice bomb would be. Seems to me more of a display piece.
I think $60 is high though I get the pent up urge to purchase (experiencing it myself). If I could buy it for $30 I would ,clean/ paint the fins and hang it as a conversation piece.
Carnival game display piece?

[Aragorn243]

See, that's where the problem is. If it isn't real, I have no real need for it, or even less no real need that I don't have for it if it is real. I'd be a bit ticked if I paid $60 for a carnival piece. Found nothing in web search.

[browningautorifle]

Here's a site that shows some close to this, early Ariel bombs. I wonder... PRACTICE BOMBS OF WWII

[Aragorn243]

Nope but there is one of the marker devices at the same shop. Fins on that are bent up but the wood and markings are good. You can see where there was a flare of some type in the tail as it's all charred.

I keep forgetting I belong to a facebook page and those guys are freakishly good at identifying things. Just posted there also.

[Aragorn243]

They gave me some ideas in the Facebook group for more searches and I came up with a possibility. A Japanese training aid. This is not one of their practice bombs but the color scheme matches and it looks like them. Same shape, same fins. Can't confirm size however. Actual practice bombs are metal. Would the Japanese use a 5 on something like this. I know they used numerals for serial numbers etc.

[Surpmil]

Does it show any sign of ever being dropped very far?

I'd suspect it is a display "dummy" and was displayed hanging nose down.

Certainly a pre-WWII design overall.

Perhaps an "ordnance recognition" training aid?

What does it weigh? Full of lead inside?

Haven't bought anything for weeks eh? I know how it feels, my wife insists on doing the shopping.

[Aragorn243]

It shows no sign of damage. Consensus on Facebook is that it is some sort of training aid rather than a practice bomb.

It does not appear to be displayed hanging down as there is nothing on the bottom to hang it from. No hole. There are two holes which would allow it to be hung horizontally. It sits on the fins very nicely and it is actually sitting on them in the photo. I turned the picture.

Does not appear to have any weights inside.

In size and shape (size being estimate) it looks almost the same as this Japanese training bomb: File:Imperial Japanese Navy Practice bomb at JGSDF Camp Katsura September 18, 2016.jpg - Wikimedia Commons

The fins look identical to this Japanese training bomb and the shape is consistent with it except for the front which has the firing mechanism: https://www.worthpoint.com/worthoped...Wl8kvUfD2XoPTM

I need to be careful with this as it would be very interesting if it is a Japanese training aid and my judgement could be pushing me that way because it's what I want to see. It could still be a carnival prop for all I know.

From another page, I found a chart on Japanese bomb paint schemes. Dummy, practice and training bombs were painted with green or black tips, white fins and white bodies or with green tips, white fins and black bodies or all black bodies which is similar to this but not exact. That's what actually led me to finding these two photos but don't ask me how. I come up with some weird search requests sometimes. They work but logical progression isn't always there.

List of Japanese World War II navy bombs - Wikipedia

[Gil Boyd]

For what its worth.................WW1 Royal Flying Corps practice bomb from SE5's.

[Aragorn243]

For what its worth.................WW1 Royal Flying Corps practice bomb from SE5's.

Is that what it actually is or are you just throwing that out there?

I consider $60 to be a bit expensive for something that might be a toy no matter how cool it looks. But I also collect toys so there's that.