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The Royal Air Force Museum London national museum displaying anti airship incendiary bomb #270647286
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The hangars housed 36 aircraft at opening. Over the years, the collection has increased in size substantially, and aircraft not on display at Hendon were stored or displayed at smaller local RAF station museums.Anti-airship incendiary. This anti-airship incendiary device was developed by the Royal Laboratory, Woolwich. The spikes were intended to pierce and lodge in the airship's gas bag, triggering a firebomb contained in the orange sphere. This was one of many defensive measures adopted by the RFC, RNAS and RAF during the war to defend Britain from aerial attack, including fighter aircraft, balloon aprons and anti-aircraft artillery.
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