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2006-04-05 Britain

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Posted by Grunter 2006-04-05 01:13|| || Front Page|| [2 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 No hiding in Lincoln Castle from that one. Bomber Command Lancaster over Tehran, how soon does it all begin?

Posted by Besoeker 2006-04-05 05:01|| 2006-04-05 05:01|| Front Page Top

#2 If the Grand Slam was a big kaboom what about this one

http://home.aol.com/nukeinfo2/#10.%20%20Bomb,%20GP,%2042,000-lb,%20T-12

Posted by Cheaderhead 2006-04-05 10:26|| 2006-04-05 10:26|| Front Page Top

#3 When I was at Wheeler AFB they evacuated base housing when they found two WWII bombs while digging fence posts in base housing. As it turned out the bombs were display models at the front gate on December 7, 1941.

Posted by Cyber Sarge 2006-04-05 11:07|| 2006-04-05 11:07|| Front Page Top

#4 History channel had a show this weekend about the German battleship Tirpitz. Very heavy armor plate on the decks and sides. The Germans kept it in a fjord in Norway to threaten Russia bound convoys. After attacking it on and off for five years, the Brits finally took it out with 'Tall Boy' bombs (bigger than Grand Slams) dropped from a height of three miles!

Posted by DMFD 2006-04-05 21:21|| 2006-04-05 21:21|| Front Page Top

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