Seraphim wrote:

(Marc Reeve) wrote in news:1g2w7u2.imqxk41kal68sN%
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The 'Tallboy' was one of Barnes Wallis' deep-penetrators
which, I vaguely recall, weighed 5 tons.

Just FYI, it was actually a 6 ton (12,000 lb) bomb.

Thanks. It's been a good 15 years since I last read _The Dam Busters_,
hence the vague recall. At least I was in the ballpark.

-Marc
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