WW2 Bomb explosion

[Al Schlageter]

Originally Posted by Kongo-Otto

Actually it was 226.8 kg as the found Bomb was a US 500lbs General Purpose.
I think that was one of the most used Bombs at those Missions, as they are the most found ones at least around Bavarian Cities like Munich, Nürnberg and Augsburg.

The USAAF dropped 3,089,916 500lb bombs vs Germany.
Other bomb size numbers, http://www.usaaf.net/digest/t138.htm

British bomb tonnage, http://www.lancaster-archive.com/bc_stats2.htm