RAAF Leading Aircraftman Arthur Marsh 'bombing up' a Hampden bomber of No. 455 Squadron RAAF at RAF Swinderby, Lincolnshire, England, February 1942. The Hampden had a bomb load of 4000 lbs (1814 kg) and Marsh is manoeuvring a so-called general purpose 'GP' 1000 lb (453 kg) bomb from a bomb trolley into the bomb bay. By early 1943 the GP bomb had become the 1000 lb 'Medium Capacity' bomb, and 220,500 of these were produced in 1943–1944, making it one of the most dropped bombs of the war by Bomber Command. [AWM SUK10120]
Source
AWM SUK10120
Place made
Swinderby, England
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