Blenheim bom bay doors

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Originally Posted by jirka76

I found this on wikipedia article about bristol blenheim: Like most contemporary British aircraft, the bomb bay doors were kept closed with bungee cords and opened under the weight of the released bombs. Because there was no way to predict how long it would take for the bombs to force the doors open, bombing accuracy was consequently poor.

But if the bombs that fell when the doors opened, not there should be a command to "open doors"

Was it just a matter of using the mechanism of releasing bombs and wait ...