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05 Mar 2015 18:59 #41 by netcompsys
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There is a Grand Slam and a Tallboy @ Debden, currently home to the Royal Engineer's Bomb Disposal Unit.:D


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Anyone got a dated photo of these?

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05 Mar 2015 19:53 #42 by Harboda77
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Kevin ~ did you the 43deano attached photo after his visit to the original Bicester ordnance depot ?

Thread title : St George's Barracks Bicester New Bomb Disposal School

[IMG]/community/157735=21575-Bicester 43deano photo.jpg[/img]

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07 Mar 2015 16:14 #43 by Walrus75
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I think these are now at Scampton

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Disappeared from Lossie when 617 disbanded last year, along with the BB too.

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07 Mar 2015 17:12 #44 by netcompsys
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Kevin ~ did you the 43deano attached photo after his visit to the original Bicester ordnance depot ?

Thread title : St George's Barracks Bicester New Bomb Disposal School

[IMG]/community/157735=21575-Bicester 43deano photo.jpg[/img]

Dave.


Thanks
and here is their Tallboy from the same thread (and a "Cookie" behind to the right?)

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13 Mar 2015 21:44 #45 by netcompsys
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A couple of photos taken in the early 50's at Brooklands of a reunion with Barnes Wallis with some of his wartime team and possibly ex Dambusters aircrew.

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[IMG]/community/157694=21544-Reunion Weybridge2.jpg[/img]


A photo taken of a display at Elvington

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14 Mar 2015 06:50 #46 by IanDDavidson
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A photo taken of a display at Elvington

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Kevin

Careful examination of three photographs leads me to believe they are all taken at the same location.

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14 Mar 2015 07:09 #47 by netcompsys
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Kevin

Careful examination of three photographs leads me to believe they are all taken at the same location.

Ian


Agreed, that is why I posted it. But unattributed and undated

Odd that the group photos were in front of the smaller Tallboy only. You would think they would have included the larger bomb if it had been there at the time

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07 Apr 2015 07:40 #48 by Kevin Aeronca old
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Taken in the 1960s, this picture from my good friend Larry Stead shows three incredibly handsome air cadets posing by a Grand Slam at an RAF station. They say “if you remember the ‘sixties, then you weren’t there” — well, I have absolutely no recollection of where the picture was taken! Wild guesses include Coningsby and Lindholme; possibly Cranwell; almost certainly in the Yorkshire-Lincolnshire area.

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07 Apr 2015 16:57 #49 by Ossington_2008
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There were bombs at Lindholme for certain 74-5.

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25 Nov 2015 23:36 #50 by IanDDavidson
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Can someone please clarify where the Tallboy and Grand Slam bombs were manufactured and filled?

Thanks Ian


I'm not doing too well with this research.

The only positive reference to filling Tallboy and Grand Slam is ROF Elstow (Bedford)

If anyone knows any other ROF who lay claim to this please let me know.

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