The number of bombs varied according to the target. During the war the total bomb load increased, and by reducing other weight (upper turret for example) a heavier load could be carried.
Bomb load changed considerably, the cavernous bomb bay being designed originally to carry bombs of up to 4,000 lb, with a total bomb load of 6,350 kg (14,000 lb); it was modified progressively to carry the 22,000 lb Grand Slam bomb
Two examples :
one 22,000 lb Tall Boy bomb (9979 kg) or
fourteen x 1000lb bombs + incendaries
Bombs : Maximum normal bomb load of 14,000 lb (6,300 kg) or 22,000 lb (10,000 kg) Grand Slam with modifications to bomb bay .
The Avro Lancaster was the main heavy bomber of the RAF during WW2. They carried out literally thousands of missions.
The Avro Lancaster had a maximum payload of 6,350 kg. So in terms of weight it could have carried some 80 adults plus its regular crew of seven.
Chadwick
Best heavy bomber: Avro LancasterBest light bomber: de Havilland Mosquito
The Gotha G-1V. The British Handley-Page and Russian Sikorsky bombers were actually heavier than the Gotha series of bombers, but I believe that Germany still had the heaviest of the war; a gigantic bomber called the Staaken.
During the life of the Avro lancaster bomber it dropped more than 608,000 tons of bombs on 156,000 wartime missions.
The Lancaster was the main British heavy bomber.
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The Avro Lancaster was the main heavy bomber of the RAF during WW2. They carried out literally thousands of missions.
Avro Lancaster was created in 1942.
36,858 pounds empty was the weight of the Avro Lancaster Bomber plane of World War 2.
The Avro Lancaster had a maximum payload of 6,350 kg. So in terms of weight it could have carried some 80 adults plus its regular crew of seven.
Chadwick
Avro was based at Woodford, in Cheshire, England.
I have just finished a 1:32 scale model of an Avro B1 Mk 1 Lancaster Bomber. Approx. 1200 hours of loving work over a period of 2 & 1/2 years. Is there a Lancaster model association that I can join and compare models etc. ? My email is echs@global.co.za Brian
The British Avro Aircraft Company made most Lancaster bombers.- Possibly the greatest bomber of WW2. -With all due respect to the B-17, the Lancaster was just as tough, flew just as far, and carried twice the bomb load. - It was built at Chadderton near Manchester, at two plants near Birmingham and also in Canada by Avro Canada. A total of 7,377 Lancasters were built, many being flown by Canadian crews. After the war, it's basic design continued on into the Shackleton maritime bomber which served in the RAF until the 1970's.
Avro Lancaster B111 'Special'