Interpretation of historical aerial photographs from the time of the Second World War - Explosive bomb craters


Various types of munitions were used in the Allied bombing campaign, such as explosive, incendiary and fragmentation bombs and aerial mines. In a previous article, the topic of explosive bomb craters, their appearance and recognisability as well as the use of historical aerial photographs in the pre-discovery of explosive ordnance was explained. This article will now look at further aspects of the topic of explosive bombs (mode of action, detonation and significance [...]).