Incendiary bomb aimable clusters

Note An "aimable cluster" consisting of a number of incendiary bombs held in a single container is briefly described in... 

CWTC Item 924, Standardization of Adapter, Aimable Cluster, MlO (500-lb size), 21 Jan 44. (2) Seth Q. Kline, Development of Aimable Cluster E4, 500-lb, for Incendiary Bombs AN-M50. TDMR 724 1 Sep 43. (3) CWTC Item 1019, Standardization of Cluster, Aimable, Incendiary Bomb, AN-M17A1, 5 May 44. (4) TB CW 11, Aimable Cluster, AN-M17A1, 27 Jun 44. 

In incendiary clusters for the Air Forces, the CWS packed approximately 20 percent explosive incendiary bombs. Model AN-M6 quick-opening cluster contained 34 bombs, of which 6 were explosive. Quick-opening cluster AN-M7 held 128 4-pounders, including 26 of the explosive type. Aimable cluster M17A1 carried 88 incendiary and 22 explosive. 

For the greater number of CWS items, boxes of one sort or another were devised and specified. In some cases the specifications were changed over and over again in the attempt to attain the best possible protection in the face of a variety of hazards. The 500-pound aimable cluster, Ml9, an adapter holding thirty-eight M69 incendiary bombs, was one such ex-... 

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