Tallboy bomb
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Tallboy bomb
Waymark Code: WM1HJA
Location: United Kingdom
Date Posted: 05/12/2007
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The Tallboy Bomb
The Tallboy was an earthquake bomb developed by Barnes Wallis and brought into operation by the British in 1944. It weighed five tons and, carried by the Avro Lancaster bomber, was effective against concrete structures against which earlier, smaller bombs had proved ineffective. It came about as a compromise from Wallis' original plan for a 10 ton bomb dropped from 40,000 ft (the Earth Quake Bomb concept) which was not at the time possible. Later on in the war, a 10 ton bomb was created and used successfully.
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