A Tallboy Bomb
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A Tallboy Bomb
Image: © Richard Hoare Taken: 17 Feb 2012
As seen at the Lincolnshire Aviation Heritage Centre where amongst other exhibits is 'Just Jane', NX611, an Avro Lancaster bomber capable of delivering such a weapon. The Tallboy or Bomb, Medium Capacity, 12,000 lb, was an earthquake bomb developed by the British aeronautical engineer Barnes Wallis and deployed by the RAF in 1944. It weighed five tons and, carried by the Avro Lancaster, was effective against hardened structures against which earlier, smaller bombs had proven ineffective.
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