Word: c2
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Anti-aircraft fire on the return route knocked out two engines, radio equipment. C2 limped across the Channel, bellyflopped, brought seven sergeants safely home...
Cause of the third alert: C (for Charlie) 2, a lone Lancaster bomber, lost in dense clouds, shoved around by tricky winds, arrived after the rest of the R.A.F. had gone home. Untouched, C2 got bombs away, headed for England...
Longer by 41-46 ft. is the 9,000-ton C2, which can butt along at 16 knots, go 16,000 miles without refueling...