An official U.S. Army Air Forces ordnance photograph from 1944 documenting a general-purpose aerial bomb staged on a wooden loading cradle prior to fusing. Photographs like this one, captioned 'Bombs, Fuses, Loading,' were used to train and standardize ordnance crews responsible for arming heavy bombers. This example comes from the photographic record of the 579th Bombardment Squadron, part of the 392nd Bombardment Group (B-24 Liberators), Eighth Air Force, which flew combat missions over occupied Europe during World War II. Project: 218550