incendary bullets

[camel crew]

I know the British had "Buckinghams" just wondering if there was a German equivalent and if it was "nicknamed"?

[flash]

"Buckinghams" were named after the inventor John Buckingham, we also had "Pomeroy", "Brock" & RTS (Richard Threlfall and Sons) explosive types too.
https://sites.google.com/site/britmi...nch-incendiary

Germans had incendiary/tracer ammo too - I've heard accounts of rounds cooking off and setting their planes on fire, don't know what they were called but it probably wasn't anything good ! Can't find much info on the German stuff.

[Flying Helmut]

I know the German incendiaries in 1918 were phosphorus-based, and didn't present any problems in winter; however, in summer the increased temperature sometimes caused the ammunition to "cook off", as Dave stated above, and quite a few planes were lost, and a number of pilots, too (the introduction of parachutes saved quite a few!).

Several Jastas cut extra cooling vents in their aircraft cowlings, to increase engine cooling and thus reduce cowling temperatures, in order to mitigate this risk.

[Baxter]

I know the German incendiaries in 1918 were phosphorus-based, and didn't present any problems in winter; however, in summer the increased temperature sometimes caused the ammunition to "cook off", as Dave stated above, and quite a few planes were lost, and a number of pilots, too (the introduction of parachutes saved quite a few!).

Several Jastas cut extra cooling vents in their aircraft cowlings, to increase engine cooling and thus reduce cowling temperatures, in order to mitigate this risk.

Jeepers As if Balloon busting was not dangerous enough! Thanks for that jnfo.