RAF Harrowbeer: a tour of a WW2 airfield - Bomb Store loading platform (2)

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RAF Harrowbeer: a tour of a WW2 airfield - Bomb Store loading platform (2)

Image: © Mike Searle Taken: 5 May 2019

A sloping platform to facilitate the unloading of live bombs from the storage area. A common method was to "trammell" the bombs gently down the slope using ropes looped around them. The ropes were first threaded through iron rings set into the platform wall, and then looped around the bomb before trammelling. Image

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