Originally Posted by
ChristiaanJ
I'l look again, but also it would seem the pylon departed from the a/c together with the bomb - not normal practice, it seems to me.... and that wouldn't have improved the aerodynamics of the bomb, either.
it wasn't the pylon, it was the multiple bomb carrier (TRU? MRU?) that was ejected along with the bomb. Since it's attached to the pylon, the ejectors in the pylon can 9and in this case evidently did) act to jettison the whole assembly.
A bit of googling says its a Multiple Ejector rack - MER - knew it was a TLA at least!
PS I'll see if i can find any of the ones i recall. Many were 20 or 30 years old by now, and I'm sure some were 'internal' or 'restricted', though probably not now - I doubt anyone is going to learn any state secrets looking at a Buccaneer test cine film now!