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I believe TNT is pretty stable. In his memoir "Target Ploesti", Leroy Newby tells of an incident where B24s dropped their bombs if they were running out of runw
by mannykannot 8y ago
I believe TNT is pretty stable. In his memoir "Target Ploesti", Leroy Newby tells of an incident where B24s dropped their bombs if they were running out of runway on takeoff - something they would not have got away with if the bombs contained RDX rather than TNT.
It was a hot day, the planes were heavily loaded, and the first to go ran off the runway and burst into flames. Newby's was next, and his pilot refused to go; this was the compromise they worked out.
- ryanmercer 8y agoThanks for the book mention, I love stuff like that!