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Originally Posted by StephenLawson
It seems that different aircraft could store different amounts. Previously we spoke about Voss' F.I at 500 per gun. Looks like the Bristol Fighter F.2b Vickers had a storage for about 1200 rounds for just one gun.
William Frederick James "Jim" Harvey RFC / RAF 22 Sqn : "For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. During one night he made five consecutive raids over the enemy's lines, during which period he dropped over half a ton weight of bombs on his four objectives. In addition he fired during these raids 1,150 rounds of ammunition from a height varying from 100 to 500 feet on hostile infantry and transport. He has proved himself to be a consistently good observer, and has performed much successful night-bombing." MC citation, Supplement to the London Gazette, 22 June 1918..."
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Hi Stephen,
From the above quote I gather that mr. Harvey fired 1,150 rounds in the course of not one but five raids, averaging some 230 rounds per raid, ergo this citation cannot stand as evidence for having over a 1,000 rounds per gun. I seriously doubt the F2b carried half a ton of bombs per mission either. The citation simply gives totals of the five raids, meaning about a 100 kilograms of explosives.
Kind regards,
Reinout
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