Derek Lyons wrote:

The Vig also had a 'dummy' bomb/ 'live' fuel tank combo that it
carried for day-to-day operations, but IIRC it was not jettisonable.


They found out the hard way that the bomb itself wasn't very
jettisonable... IIRC, during a test one got caught in the aircraft's
slipstream and started following the plane around until it reduced its
speed enough for the bomb/fuel tank assembly to fall clear...it also had
a tendency to slide out the back of the aircraft during catapult launch:
http://www.air-navy.com/a3j-usn.htm like a turd from hell.
The aircraft promptly got changed into a recon machine.

Pat