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TORPEX D1

TORPEDO EXPLOSIVE

42% RDX - 40% TNT - 18% ALUMINIUM POWDER

DESIGNER - BARNES WALLIS

USED BY THE ROYAL AIR FORCE

617 SQN

99 MANUFACTURED

42 USED

Mass22,000 lb (10,000 kg)

Length 26 ft 6 in (8.08 m)

Diameter 3 ft 10 in (1.17 m)

AIRCRAFT USED

LANCASTER BOMBER B.MK1

Grand Slam operations, 1945

RDX - Research Development eXpolsive

TNT - Trinitrotoluene