bomb fin
bomb fin
[′bäm ‚fin] (ordnance)
A fin attached to a bomb in order to afford directional stability.
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"It's remarkable to handle a German incendiary
bomb fin which was found in the ruins of Coventry Cathedral, together with parts of old Coventry tramway retrieved from the devastation; following World War Two trams did not run again in Coventry."
In the morning we would walk around the beach and see lots of
bomb fins sticking up out of the sand."
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