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