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English: The firepot bomb combines HE and incendiar elements in a casing of the same size and shape as a 50 kg H.E. bomb. On impact after the base-plug has been blown off six pre-ignited firepots of the magnesium-electron type, each shaped like a large tumbler together with 67 small incendiary units are ejected. Civil Defence Training Pamphlet No 2: Objects Dropped From The Air (3rd Edition). Issued by the Ministry of Home Security. This training pamphlet described some of the objects which could be found on the ground after and air-raid, including certain items which, though not of enemy origin, may be mistaken for hostile weapons, and others that may drop from the air at any time.
Date
Source Civil Defence Training Pamphlet No 2: Objects Dropped From The Air
Author HM Stationery Office

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Firepot incendiary bomb

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depicts

aerial bomb

incendiary device

inception

1 August 1944

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