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Old 15th October 2020, 01:33
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Tall Boy

I have just seen this:

https://gcaptain.com/biggest-world-w...eid=90987d571e

Glad that no one was killed/injured!

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Old 15th October 2020, 09:56
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Wasn't Tallboy one of Barnes-Wallace's little projects?
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Old 15th October 2020, 10:14
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Sounds more like one of Turing's
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Old 15th October 2020, 10:20
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Yes Barnes Wallis was the inventor of tall boy.
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Old 15th October 2020, 13:00
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I stand forever impressed by the people who have to deal with these things, especially if after lying at the bottom of the cut for 75 years. Whatever it is they're getting paid .... it isn't enough.
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Old 15th October 2020, 13:47
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It could have been worse, if the RAF had carried a Grand Slam bomb to attack the Battleship Lutzow.
Btw - The mission, in April 1945, was successful and another Tallboy sunk it with a near miss.
Our bomb? I'm glad that they offer to let us have it back.
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