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Welding Containers for Bombs, K Shop, 1940
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Welding Containers for Bombs, K Shop, 1940
Some rather intricate hot work is taking place in this photograph taken in K Shop, the Coppersmiths, in November 1940. The men are welding exploder containers for 250lb bombs that were ordered by the Ministry of Aircraft Production. Airborne attacks during the war were extensive and hugely damaging, and Swindon Works helped to fulfil the requirements for a number of size bombs used by the Royal Air Force and the Allied forces. The 250lb bombs were typically used by the British Spitfire
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1940 1940s Bomb Swindon Swindon Works World War 2 World War Ii Wwii
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