Swiatecki bomb slip
Swiatecki bomb slip - was slip bomb device of Polish inventor Władysław Świątecki used in many allied bombers during World War II.
History
Świątecki designed a bomb-release system in 1923. His invention was
CANT Z.506B. Świątecki sold licences from 1937 to France - Gardy, and Italy - Caproni
.
After the
Flight Lieutenant
.
The slip device was modified for use in the
atomic bomb. In Project Harken and Project Ruby
the Swiatecki devices performed flawlessly.
His
Vickers Armstrongs. The family received an ex gratia
award of £350.
In 1943, an updated version of Świątecki invention was created by Jerzy Rudlicki for the American Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress.[3]
References
- Notes
- ^ Cynk, Jerzy B. The P.Z.L. P-23 Karas (Aircraft in Profile number 104). Leatherhead, Surrey, UK: Profile Publications, 1966
- ISBN 83-206-0836-8
- ^ Jerzy B. Cynk, "Tajemnica wyrzutników Świąteckiego", "Skrzydlata Polska" nr. 5/6, 1973
- Bibliography
- Modelski Tadeusz (1986). The Polish Contribution to The Ultimate Allied Victory in The Second World War
- Transactions of the Royal Commission on Awards to Inventors 1946 - 1955 LONDON ND, Air Pictorial, September 1964
- Gerald Pawle The Secret War, Harrap-London 1956
- N. Kemp The Devices of War, London 1956
- Project 1-46-7 Anglo American Bomb Tests Project Ruby V 68319 31 October 1946
- Cynk, Jerzy B. Polish Aircraft, 1893-1939. London: Putnam & Company Ltd., 1971. ISBN 0-370-00085-4
- Cynk, Jerzy B. The P.Z.L. P-23 Karas (Aircraft in Profile number 104). Leatherhead, Surrey, UK: Profile Publications, 1966
- (Polish) Jerzy B. Cynk "Samolot bombowy PZL P-37 Łoś" (Monography about Łoś bomber) Wydawnictwa Komunikacji i Łączności, Warsaw 1990. ISBN 83-206-0836-8
- (Polish) Jerzy B. Cynk, "Tajemnica wyrzutników Świąteckiego", "Skrzydlata Polska" nr. 5/6, 1973