RAAF Post WW2-Present Explosive Ordnance
Dear Department of Defence,
I am requesting information/technical documents relating to the Explosive Ordnance used by the Royal Australian Air Force (and Fleet Air Arm RAN if possible) from post WWII to present.
I am researching for use in verifying the historical accuracy in a personal project. But I am unable to find any information from official sources online.
Yours faithfully,
Brayden Pearce
Date: Thu, 17 Dec 2020 23:32:48 +0000
Subject: Freedom of Information request - RAAF Post WW2-Present Explosive Ordnance
From: Brayden Pearce <[FOI #6983 email]>
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Dear Department of Defence,
I am requesting information/technical documents relating to the Explosive Ordnance used by the Royal Australian Air Force (and Fleet Air Arm RAN if possible) from post WWII to present.
I am researching for use in verifying the historical accuracy in a personal project. But I am unable to find any information from official sources online.
Yours faithfully,
Brayden Pearce
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Dear FOI,
Thank you for an extremely prompt reply.
I do apologise for being incredibly vague.
* smaller dates/range: 1945 to 1970
* title/s or contents of files: I do not currently have a specific title/file/document.
* area/unit in defence: I also do not currently have a specific area/unit, RAAF, Ordnance, No.1 Aircraft Depot RAAF
Trying to be more specific.
I am after the specific bombs & bomb Mks used before the US Mk80 series of bombs.
The bomb body, tail unit, fuzes, filling weight, dimensions, identification colouring and markings, etc
An example being the British WWII Air Publication "AP 1661B: Vol 1".
Again, I do apologise for being incredibly vague.
Yours sincerely,
Brayden Pearce
OFFICIAL
Good morning Brayden
Thank you for the below information, as the records you are seeking were created prior to 1999, they are subject to the Open Access Period as defined in the Archives Act.
This information must be requested from the National Archives of Australia (NAA): https://www.naa.gov.au/
The FOI Directorate will close your inquiry.
Kind regards
Lauren Semaan | Freedom of Information
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