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Anti-Sub.

Low-Level

Carpet

Docks

Minelaying

Sub. Pens

Special

Raids On Submarine Pens, "Tirpitz", ect.

Bomber Command Executive Codeword: "TALLBOY"

Target Type: Submarine Pens, Battleship Tripitz.

1 x 12,000 lb deep penetration, spin-stabilized bomb containing approx. 5,760 lb of Torpex D. Usually with trip-fused 0.01 sec delay. Carried by Lancs with bulged bomb doors.

Raids On Exceptionally Strong Structures.