Avro Lancaster Bomber Command Blank Birthday Fathers Day Christmas Card by Philip E. West GAvA
Working around the clock
and in all weather conditions, the ground crews knew from the size of the bombs
they were loading, this was going to be a very special operation for the
Lancaster crew of 9 Squadron. Brainchild of Barnes Wallis, the 'Tallboy' bomb
weighed in at an impressive 12,000lbs. On this occasion in November 1944 the
crews and aircraft are being readied for departure to Lossiemouth or Kinloss on
route to sink the 'Tirpitz', laying at anchor near Tromso in Norway.
