Originally Posted by
Pontius Navigator
Now I am speculating but I do not think there was any intention to drop the bombs in airburst mode.
If there was no intention of dropping the bombs in airburst mode, why would there have been Radio Altimeter NOSE fuses fitted, this would be a waste of 21 pieces of expensive fusing kit, so if not required to be dropped in airburst mode, they would have removed them, wouldn't they.
