Lancaster Bomber with Grand Slam Bomb

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Mark Cartwright
by No 4 RAFFPU, Royal Air Force official photographer
published on 05 March 2024
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A 1945 photograph of an Avro Lancaster bomber carrying a 'Grand Slam' bomb which, weighing almost 10 tons (22,000 lbs), was the heaviest bomb dropped during the Second World War by any air force. (Imperial War Museums Collection)

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