http://airminded.org/2009/08/22/the-first-air-bomb-venice-15-july-1849/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-first-air-bomb-venice-15-july-1849 Airpower and British society, 1908-1941 Fri, 25 May 2012 16:07:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://airminded.org/2009/08/22/the-first-air-bomb-venice-15-july-1849/comment-page-1/#comment-145295 Brett Holman Mon, 05 Jul 2010 11:26:48 +0000 http://airminded.org/?p=2398#comment-145295 Geoff, I'm not a munitions expert or collector so I wouldn't really know how to tell. However, I would ask why you think it was used before WWI? 60 years is a long time but it only gets us back to the 1940s. Also, are you sure it's inert? I've heard some horror stories of people with old shells and things which they assume have been defused because they've been around so long ... but haven't! Geoff, I'm not a munitions expert or collector so I wouldn't really know how to tell. However, I would ask why you think it was used before WWI? 60 years is a long time but it only gets us back to the 1940s. Also, are you sure it's inert? I've heard some horror stories of people with old shells and things which they assume have been defused because they've been around so long ... but haven't!

]]> http://airminded.org/2009/08/22/the-first-air-bomb-venice-15-july-1849/comment-page-1/#comment-145280 Geoff Lowe Mon, 05 Jul 2010 03:24:13 +0000 http://airminded.org/?p=2398#comment-145280 I have an air bomb 4" long by 2" Diameter. that was used before WWI that was dropped by balloon, then by plans. I would like to know if I have the very first air bomb dropped? If anyone can help me find out please let me know what data you can give me. I have had this bomb for over 60 years. I know the bomb was later made longer for a bigger bang but kept its diameter the same. e-mail me at gml127@hotmail.com Thanks Geoff. I have an air bomb 4" long by 2" Diameter. that was used before WWI that was dropped by balloon, then by plans. I would like to know if I have the very first air bomb dropped? If anyone can help me find out please let me know what data you can give me. I have had this bomb for over 60 years. I know the bomb was later made longer for a bigger bang but kept its diameter the same. e-mail me at gml127@hotmail.com Thanks Geoff.

]]> http://airminded.org/2009/08/22/the-first-air-bomb-venice-15-july-1849/comment-page-1/#comment-143630 Generalising » Blog Archive » Unconnected linkspam Sun, 13 Jun 2010 23:10:07 +0000 http://airminded.org/?p=2398#comment-143630 [...] The first recorded air raid? Venice, 1849. [...] [...] The first recorded air raid? Venice, 1849. [...]

]]> http://airminded.org/2009/08/22/the-first-air-bomb-venice-15-july-1849/comment-page-1/#comment-111491 Brett Holman Sun, 30 Aug 2009 14:27:18 +0000 http://airminded.org/?p=2398#comment-111491 Plenty of exceedingly nice chaps have done far worse in the history of warfare, unfortunately. Plenty of exceedingly nice chaps have done far worse in the history of warfare, unfortunately.

]]> http://airminded.org/2009/08/22/the-first-air-bomb-venice-15-july-1849/comment-page-1/#comment-111113 Erik Lund Wed, 26 Aug 2009 18:09:32 +0000 http://airminded.org/?p=2398#comment-111113 If anyone's ever gone to lok at the Kriegswissenschaftlichen Memoiren (Military Scientific Memoires) at the War Archives of the Austrian State Archives, they'll have got to know the guys who did this --in general, as I don't remember the specific name. I was looking at an earlier period, but they did a great deal to organise and even sometimes reprint the older files, and their stuff is all mixed in. Their curiosity, good humour and intelligence just shines right through it all. And then they go drop shrapnel bombs on Venice at random. I'm sad now. If anyone's ever gone to lok at the Kriegswissenschaftlichen Memoiren (Military Scientific Memoires) at the War Archives of the Austrian State Archives, they'll have got to know the guys who did this --in general, as I don't remember the specific name. I was looking at an earlier period, but they did a great deal to organise and even sometimes reprint the older files, and their stuff is all mixed in. Their curiosity, good humour and intelligence just shines right through it all.
And then they go drop shrapnel bombs on Venice at random.
I'm sad now.

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