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Old 29th May 2023, 09:00
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Asturias56
 
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"There is no way on earth that a Jaguar could carry 22,000 lbs of bombs to Berlin from the UK, or indeed from anywhere to anywhere."

A Lancaster couldn't carry a Grand Slam all the way from the UK to Berlin either - they had to take fuel tanks out of the Specials they built to carry it. Normal max was 12,000- 14,000 lb of bombs

I suspect Bill G was stretching the payload/range of the Jaguar but generally he was making a valid point
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