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Post by Antonio on Oct 11, 2022 16:30:17 GMT 12
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Post by oj on Oct 11, 2022 18:59:55 GMT 12
Amazing. Lucky he was able to feather the two dead props, otherwise much more difficult.
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Post by johnnyfalcon on Oct 11, 2022 20:26:44 GMT 12
Nice three-pointer! It looks like his bomb-bay doors are partly open. Those exhaust stains are huge!
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Post by baz62 on Oct 14, 2022 16:53:33 GMT 12
Nice three-pointer! It looks like his bomb-bay doors are partly open. Those exhaust stains are huge! No the Bomb Bay doors are bulged which was done to accommodate the 8000lb HC bombs and I believe the Tallboy (not the Grand slam as they were removed for those at least partly.) |
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Post by Dave Homewood on Oct 18, 2022 10:24:43 GMT 12
No. 75 (NZ) Squadron never flew with the Tallboy bombs as far as I am aware. So I guess it was for the 8000lb HC bomb?
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Post by Antonio on Oct 18, 2022 17:38:04 GMT 12
No. 75 (NZ) Squadron never flew with the Tallboy bombs as far as I am aware. So I guess it was for the 8000lb HC bomb? My understanding was that only 5 Group used Tallboys. (75 Sqn being 3 Group until very late in the piece) |
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Post by baz62 on Oct 22, 2022 6:52:58 GMT 12
No. 75 (NZ) Squadron never flew with the Tallboy bombs as far as I am aware. So I guess it was for the 8000lb HC bomb? My understanding was that only 5 Group used Tallboys. (75 Sqn being 3 Group until very late in the piece) My point was that was why the bomb bay doors were bulged, not that 75 Squadron used them for all the weapons that needed them. |
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Post by Dave Homewood on Oct 22, 2022 7:03:43 GMT 12
Yes and a point well made Baz. I was not questioning it, only saying that I guess the squadron may have used the blockbuster 8000lb HC bombs, though I don't recall ever hearing that they did. It would be interesting to know if that is the case.
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waynem
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Post by waynem on Oct 22, 2022 12:30:02 GMT 12
A quick search of my 75 (NZ) database for '8000lb' brought up the op to Duisburg on 14/15 October 1944 where Flying Officer Robert Cuming and crew carried an 8,000 lb HC bomb.
It is recorded as a note from the Log Book of Sgt McElligot, rear gunner of the crew.
The ORB notes for 2 November 1944 "Twenty aircraft took off to attack the Oil Refinery at Homburg, carrying 7 x 8,000 lb bombs."
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Post by Dave Homewood on Oct 22, 2022 14:33:35 GMT 12
Thanks Wayne!
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