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Anti-Sub.

Low-Level

Carpet

Docks

Minelaying

Sub. Pens

Special

Maritime Anti-Submarine Patrol

Bomber Command Executive Codeword: not known

Target Type: Submarines

Emphasis on fuel for long endurance.

6 x 500 lbs and 3 x 250 lbs (Mk. I,II and III) anti-submarine bombs fused for sub-surface detonation, and 5 x 250 lbs SAP bombs, tail-armed with 0-2 sec. delay for surface attack (not used after 1942)