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| Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum - Avro Lancaster Bomber / 67 Cookie 4,000lb Bomb
Bill Maloney 1/22/2010 |
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Length: 9 Feet 1 Inch
Diameter: 2 Feet 6 Inches
Weight: 3,930lbs
Warhead: 3,000lbs Amatol
Fusing: 3 Contact Fuses (additional fuses were used to ensure ignition)
Minimum Safe Jettison Height: 5,000 feet
Delivery Platforms: DeHavilland Mosquito, Wellington Bomber, Avro Lancaster Bomber
The purpose of the 4,000lb Blockbuster bombs was to blow the tiles of the roofs of buildings and to splinter wooden structures so that the incendiary bombs could burn the buildings out from within.
Here is a short Youtube night bombing Video shows a Blockbuster Bomb being towed along with other ordnance to be loaded in the bomb bay of a Lancaster bomber.