RDX and the Army Air Forces

The Air Force requested the explosive Composition B filling for all of its bombs. The production capacity of RDX and Comp B was insufficient to meet this demand. The controversy over the Comp B2 bomb, which did not have the 1 percent wax additive found in the regular Comp B bomb. The suspicion surrounding the Comp B2 bomb, and the mishandling of bombs generally, led to the issue of air crews jettisoning their bombs. The Metfield incident seriously compromised the use of Comp B2 bombs.