BOMBER COMMAND BOMBS AND INCENDIARIES

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Source E bay

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RAF 12000 LB Bomb photo courtesy of E bay In comparision, 1000 & 2000lb bombs rest on the adjacent bomb trolley. Due to wartime censorship, no location or squadron details given.

Tom

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Two images of Hampdens being loaded with bombs prior to raids. Can anyone identify the type of RAF tractors being used?

250-lb GP bombs on trolleys are prepared by armourers, prior to loading into Handley Page Hampden Mark I, P1333 'EA-F', of No. 49 Squadron RAF at Scampton, Lincolnshire. P1333 crash-landed near Breda, Netherlands, on returning from a raid on Merseburg, Germany on 17 August 1940. The Hampden parked in the distance, P1347 'EA-D', crashed in Brittany with the loss of all her crew after being hit by anti-aircraft fire over Stettin, Germany, on 4/5 September 1940.

Source IWM.org

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Armourers prepare to load Hampden P1333/EA-F of No 49 Squadron with 250lb general purpose (GP) bombs, Scampton, 6 June 1940

Source IWM.org

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Source ww2 today.com

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Cheers Tom

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Original Planet News Press Photograph . RAF 207 Squadron Members With A 8000lb Bomb And A Few Personal Messages For Someone , At Wings For Victory Week In Trafalgar Square 1943.

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Tom

Tom, I'm thinking about the gent who is about to sign write the 8,000 lb bomb .................. when you consider that the country was on rations etc, why would they bother doing so when it was about to be ( I'm assuming ) loaded or is this just a publicity stunt for the media?
John