Tallboy

tallboy English right|thumb|RAF ground crew handling a Tallboy + (bomb) Noun ~ en military historical An earthquake bomb developed for the British Armed Forces and deployed by the RAF during World War II. en 2002 Jak P. Mallmann Showell Hitler's U-boat Bases 140 https://books.google.com.au/books?id=6JXfAAAAMAAJ&q=%22tallboys%22&dq=%22tallboys%22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwi-6Nr815jPAhVRx2MKHUwgDSAQ6AEIxAEwIA This is understandable inasmuch that the majority of observers were inside the air raid shelters by the time Tallboys started exploding and time delay fuses added even more to the confusion. en 2009 Leo McKinstry Lancaster: The Second World War's Greatest Bomber https://books.google.com.au/books?id=eDHF9gwqUF0C&pg=PT357&dq=%22tallboy%22%7C%22tallboys%22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwilmea1y5jPAhUX1WMKHQp8CiEQ6AEI-wEwKA#v=onepage&q=%22tallboy%22%7C%22tallboys%22&f=false The 12,000-pound ‘Tallboy’ was another creation from Barnes Wallis, who had long been privately working on the new generation of heavyweight, aerodynamic bombs.Reaching a terminal velocity or 3,700 feet per second, the Tallboy was capable of making a crater that would have taken 5,000 tons of earth to fill. en 2014 Ben Kite Stout Hearts: The British and Canadians in Normandy 1944 226 https://books.google.com.au/books?id=l5W0DAAAQBAJ&pg=PA226&dq=%22tallboy%22%7C%22tallboys%22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwilmea1y5jPAhUX1WMKHQp8CiEQ6AEIjgEwEg#v=onepage&q=%22tallboy%22%7C%22tallboys%22&f=false The first occasion that the Tallboy was used in support of the Normandy campaign was on the night 8-9 June against the Saumur railway tunnel.Twenty three Tallboys were dropped, most falling near the markers at the mouth of the tunnel causing great damage. en 2014 George 'Johnny' Johnson The Last British Dambuster: One man's extraordinary life and the raid that changed history 5 https://books.google.com.au/books?id=U2GEAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA5&dq=%22tallboy%22%7C%22tallboys%22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjltcGK1ZjPAhVB42MKHT1pDMo4ZBDoAQiaATAU#v=onepage&q=%22tallboy%22%7C%22tallboys%22&f=false Joe's nose art was Chuck-Chuck, a panda that was variously depicted driving a Jeep, carrying a Tallboy bomb or, to symbolise the British/American connection, wearing a top hat decorated with the American flag and a vest bearing the Union Jack and carrying a cigarette in a holder to represent President Roosevelt while smoking a cigar to represent Winston Churchill. en 2015 Sam Gooch Group Captain John 'Joe' Collier DSO, DFC and Bar https://books.google.com.au/books?id=Q3Y7CQAAQBAJ&pg=PT121&dq=%22tallboys%22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwi-6Nr815jPAhVRx2MKHUwgDSAQ6AEIlAEwFw#v=onepage&q=%22tallboys%22&f=false Production of Tallboys was limited to one a day in Britain, and although thirty per week were being made in America, the convoys bringing them over could be held up by bad weather and the continuing (if decreasing) threat from U-boats.