Data plate from a Luftwaffe aircraft Firebomb rack

[Adrian Stevenson]

I got this plate as an unidentified item many years ago. It was taken as a souvenir by a Canadian soldier. It took me a while to discover what it was from.

Cheers, Ade.

[boxmike]

Interesting piece, surfing around found: expendable BSK (BombenSchaltKasten) containing 36 pcs maybe 1kg incendiaries.
Wonder if that tag was knocked off the bomb or maybe just found from some office/storage, looks intact.
I did not find the exact Fl 53221 part reference but these may help with something else:

We need a "Fl - Number" Thread ?! - - Aero Part Identify Board -
http://www.aeroart.de/files/artikell...e44238535bd05b

Rgds,
- boxmike

[Adrian Stevenson]

Hi Boxmike, thanks for the links. They are useful references.

I actually have a 1kg incendary which had gone off and partially burnt which was then extinguished. My Uncle picked it up after an air raid on Nottingham in 1941.

Cheers, Ade.

[boxmike]

Sorry Adrian,

forgot the link to original data I found about the thread.

Bristol Past : Fishponds Local History Society

Your uncle ever told about these times and how did he pick up that one?

Rgds,

- boxmike