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Re: Bomber Command failure at Urft Dam.
Were Tallboy bombs made to order? If so, then whatever was in stock would have been already allocated, and the lead time for production may have precluded their use in an urgent assignment.
I have seen them described in different ways, while retaining the 'MC 12,000 lb' name. For example, some used against U-boat bunkers were called 'concrete busting' bombs, which implies specialist applications, perhaps merely in fusing but possibly in construction. This could be another factor in whether or not existing stocks were suitable for the destruction of the dams in question.
Bruce
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