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ON ITS WAY UP Into the Bomb Bay of the Plane

ON ITS WAY UP into the bomb bay of the plane, the two-thousand-pounder is being cranked by hand from above. Handling these big bombs is a dangerous job. The men say that before the fuses are inserted in the nose and tail the bombs are as harmless as big tubes of confete yet there are many possibilities of accident and ordnance men have to be cautious and sure of their work at every step.