RAF Bomb Disposal - Signalling Codes

I've seen numerous bomb disposal records and notebooks, but never seen these signalling codes written down before.



'Mike' was a microphone used to hear if a delayed action fuze was ticking.
'Toby Jug' was the equipment used to 'give a bomb a drink' of immunising fluid, (known as 'beer'), injected into a fuze to dissipate the electrical charge stored within it.
'KIM' was a magnetic clock-stopper for stopping delayed action fuzes.
(Anyone know where the name KIM comes from? I assume the 'M' stands for magnetic?)
The 'Steam Jenny' was a steam generator to melt the explosives out of a bomb casing.

The above pages are in a notebook kept by the family of Sgt Roy Tull of 6210 BD Flight.
A bit more about him can be found here -
Sergeant Roy Tull, with the RAF Bomb Disposal Squad on the western front, 1944-1945 - TracesOfWar.com

 

It seems KIM derives from the Kramer Technique (Kramer Immunising Technique) on which theory the magnetic clock stopper depended.

Tim

 

Thanks for that Tim. Guess it would have been too confusing to refer to it as KIT.

 

If you're technically minded
Speed control by kramer method (Karan)

Tim