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Old 17th Jul 2010, 15:36
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My Airfix Heinkel 111 had two 1000Kg bombs. I painted them black.

That'd be 2,200Lb (The 'Hermann' bomb). Which seems to fit with the maximum external bomb load a He 111 could theoretically carry.

Such a bomb was found during work on the Olympic sites in London in 2008.

The below links indicate that they were carried in '42 (at least if the writing on the picture is '42')

Minenbombe

Axis History Forum • View topic - Id. aerial bombs

Luftwaffe Resource Page Bomb Annex - SC 2500

www.warbirdsresourcegroup.org - Luftwaffe Resource Center - SB 1000

www.warbirdsresourcegroup.org - Luftwaffe Resource Center - SB 1000 Parachute Bomb

File:SB 1000.jpg - Wikimedia Commons

There were German bombs of 2500Kg (SC2500) which is over 5000Lb so there seems to be a little confusion.
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