Additionally, two 116 lb bombs were to have been carried, one under each lower wing.
A taxi driver had been forced to drive the 120 lb bomb to the base.
As specified in 23/25, a single 520 lb bomb could be carried, or a number of smaller weapons.
However, the changes in aerodynamics meant that the 1,000 lb bomb was no longer able to be carried.
The bombload was to be four 1,000 lb (450 kg) bombs.
The standard bomb load was four 100 lb (45 kg) bombs.
Wilson and his daughter, Marie, were buried in rubble when the 40 lb bomb exploded.
Five 600 lb bombs found their mark, but little damage was done to the ship's topside.
Only 100 lb bombs could be used by the Anson, and they were ineffective.
It took only three or four 1,000lb bombs to set these massive ships ablaze.