Re-Arming A Bomber | RAF Instructional Film (1941)

Part of a series of RAF Instructional Films created to give recruits an idea of what they were in for as ground crew and armourers on an operational front-line airfield.
This particular field details the inspection, maintenance and arming of a Wellington bomber of 9 Squadron based at RAF Honington during 1941. It also goes through the process of sourcing bombs, moving them, arming them and finally loading them aboard an aircraft.

[@dave4728]

Frightning to realise that the time between this film being made and me joining 9 sqn at Honington (43 years) is almost the same as me joining the sqn and seeing this film (40 years). God I feel old.

[@jamesross1799]

I agree.WS=9sqn the bats in Adolfs Belfry.

[@Caratacus1]

V interesting thanks and nice to see the old Wimpy getting screen time.

[@huwzebediahthomas9193]

Great close ups, yes.

[@adammarkowitz7944]

Thanks for posting. Excellent, informative, and so British.

[@geordiedog1749]

Fascinating !

[@stephenmundane]

A lot of work for the armourers. As far as assembling and loading bombs goes, nothing much had really changed 40-odd years later when I was doing it as a young plumber in the RAF, although the bombs were a bit lighter! Didn't do any "plumbing" on turret hydraulics either as Tornados didn't have them 😉

[@ChuckBame]

Fascinating! Thank you!

[@ianbell5611]

Very interesting 👍👍

[@rogerlishman2532]

I wonder how many lives were lost through accidents during the various processes?

[@NapoIeoneBuonaparte]

Too many

[@QPRTokyo]

Thank you. 🇬🇧

[@BamBamBigelow.]

Now this is the side of war I want to learn about?!

[@huwzebediahthomas9193]

Can't help but think of Harry Enfield here - jolly gosh whizz bang. 🙂

[@JosephDent-qd9ih]

Pentagon I am in.

[@luckyguy600]

That is why they have armors.

[@suckmysilencer747]

This will be useful information... one day