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Old 29th May 2023, 09:50
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"I absolutely loved reading whatever bill Gunston wrote, but he is wrong here! 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..."
​​​​​​Typical main force Lancaster load to Berlin in late 43, was a 4,000lb cookie and around 1500Ib mixed load of incendiaries.
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