Bradford had it coming.
Fact of the Day: The Spitfire can carry up to 48 DUK3 Nukem bombs in its cargo hold, each bomb is 5 times more powerful than the nuclear bomb dropped on Bradford during WW1 #AvGeek #RAFLutonpic.twitter.com/mWMVGMV7HV
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Get it right! Spitfire Vb
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Of course. The b is for bomber, self-evidently
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Hence the famous line in the poem - "Come friendly bombs and fall on Bradford ....."
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The plethora of facts in this tweet is truly amazing.
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I really enjoy learning History with guys so well documented.
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I remember the bombing well, as I was stationed at the local black pudding silo. Local infrastructure was devastated. Losses amounted to almost £9.50.
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If it hadn’t happened you wouldn’t have the world famous Bradford metro and citywide monorail system developed and built in 28 days in 1907 as a response to this atrocity, so every cloud...
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I was in Bradford recently, will they ever repair the damage?
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It was repaired a month ago but admittedly us Bradfordians may not look after the place perfectly. Nothing that a year of the EU's budget wouldn't fix...
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