Grand slam 22,0000 lb (10,000 kg) earthquake bomb at the Yorkshire Air Museum
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Title:Grand slam 22,0000 lb (10,000 kg) earthquake bomb at the Yorkshire Air Museum
Location:Yorkshire
Date:2022
Date Period:2020-2039
Photographer:Pete Evans
Copyright::SCC
Notes:

Information form the plaque on the museum piece: Designed by Sir Barnes Wallis ... this was the largest conventional bomb used during World War Two ... the bombs were cast in Sheffield from July 1943.

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