Looks like they had the same issues in the war some of us are having in IL2.
A report by Rear Admiral O. M. Hustvedt about
Operation Leader reads:
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Originally Posted by Rear Admiral O. M. Hustvedt
The two duds reported may have been the result of insufficient air travel to arm the bomb fuses…
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And a doctrine on amphibious activities from 1944 reads:
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Pilots should be briefed on minimum speed and altitude necessary to arm the bombs and depth charges they carry on each mission. Many fuzes have been discovered in an unarmed condition due to the lack of sufficient air travel to arm them
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I would guess these cases aren't isolated.
It would be awsome if someone could get a copy of "Selection of Bombs and Fuzes to be used against various targets", OPNAV-16-V #A6, March, 1944"