Heaviest German bomb load of WWII?

Any chance of a link to a clip, please? I could do with a good laugh… 😀 😀 😀

Think it was on Friday or Saturday so its probably gone now. I did’nt nearly fall off my seat when she said it I DID fall off!

Okee doke, so how often were the 177’s used to bomb Newcastle?

Ignore what they said on BBC South East about the WW2 bomb that got snagged by a fishing boat the report said that it was a 15,000lbs bomb!

Any chance of a link to a clip, please? I could do with a good laugh… 😀 😀 😀

That reminds me of a TV drama I watched years ago about a fishing boat that dredged up an old torpedo:

First Mate (old sea-dog): “What the hell do you think you’re doing?”

Young Crew-Member (whilst putting on life jacket): “If that thing goes-off this boat will sink!”

First Mate: “If that thing goes-off this boat will FLY!!!”

Ignore what they said on BBC South East about the WW2 bomb that got snagged by a fishing boat the report said that it was a 15,000lbs bomb!

The ‘typical’ bomb-load for the He177 (carried internally) could be one of the following:

10 x 1100lb (500kg) bombs

6 x 2200lb (1000kg) bombs

2 x 5500lb (2500kg) bombs

So the maximum would seem to be 13200lb (6000kg) carried internally.

Heinkel HE-177

There are numerous online citings that the HE-177 Greif (also see thread on this forum) was capable of carrying 6,000kg (13,000lbs). Might take a bit of digging to prove/disprove that. cheers D