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The article atm: "The term Blockbuster was originally a name coined by the press and referred to a bomb which had enough explosive power to destroy an entire city block." I'm not sure that's accurate. I believe the term block referred to a tower block or 'block of flats', ie a single building rather than a neighbourhood. Hakluyt bean ( talk) 23:16, 16 March 2010 (UTC)
I concur that "block" is common parlance in Britain to refer to a large building (block of flats, factory block, etc. Even the buildings at my school were simply named "Block 1, Block 2 and so on.) The opening paragraph would be more accurate if it referred to "entire buildings" rather than "city blocks" (a phrase unfamiliar to most speakers of British English.) Endeleus ( talk) 10:23, 7 February 2013 (UTC)
The bit on a Blockbuster found near Koblenz, Germany, is accompanied by a photo purporting to show "a linear shaped charge placed on the casing". The object in question looks nothing like a linear shaped charge; it might be a hydraulic press used to remove the impact fuse (cf. the German figure caption) partly covered by cloth, webbing etc.-- Death Bredon ( talk) 09:03, 30 December 2013 (UTC)
I find no mention anywhere of a Alfred Cecil Brooks being the inventor of the bomb. There is a Alfred Cecil Brooks OBE mentioned in the 1943 new year honours "Alfred Cecil Brooks, Esq., Works Manager and Engineer, Messrs. M. and W. Grazebrook.". Grazebrook appear to be an engineers and steel fabrication firm that had involvement in producing the casings. So it's plausible he may have contributed to their design although not necessarily the inventor. [3] [4] MagicMoose ( talk) 12:04, 21 September 2015 (UTC)
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After many lines from the beginning, the section Operational use at once introduces this term. But it is not explained before, where it came from. -- 129.187.244.19 ( talk) 07:09, 13 July 2018 (UTC)
"The first type of aircraft to carry bombs operationally was the Wellington" - this is nonsense of course; many aircraft carried bombs operationally, even in WW1. It is clearly ment to mean "these bombs" - but which ones? There are a number of "blockbusters" mentioned, or it could even be referring to incendiaries. Baska436 ( talk) 09:30, 13 March 2020 (UTC)
The article says the first use was by 15 Squadron on 2 December 1943. However I found in the Operations Record Book of 106 Squadron (Kew document AIR 27/833/12) that as early as 11/12 June 1943 four out of the squadron's fifteen a/c carried "8000lb HC". Now sadly this is "original research", hence not usable in Wikipedia. I therefore call on everyone to find a reliable source which would allow to rectify the mistake. Kauko ( talk) 10:16, 18 March 2023 (UTC)
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The article atm: "The term Blockbuster was originally a name coined by the press and referred to a bomb which had enough explosive power to destroy an entire city block." I'm not sure that's accurate. I believe the term block referred to a tower block or 'block of flats', ie a single building rather than a neighbourhood. Hakluyt bean ( talk) 23:16, 16 March 2010 (UTC)
I concur that "block" is common parlance in Britain to refer to a large building (block of flats, factory block, etc. Even the buildings at my school were simply named "Block 1, Block 2 and so on.) The opening paragraph would be more accurate if it referred to "entire buildings" rather than "city blocks" (a phrase unfamiliar to most speakers of British English.) Endeleus ( talk) 10:23, 7 February 2013 (UTC)
The bit on a Blockbuster found near Koblenz, Germany, is accompanied by a photo purporting to show "a linear shaped charge placed on the casing". The object in question looks nothing like a linear shaped charge; it might be a hydraulic press used to remove the impact fuse (cf. the German figure caption) partly covered by cloth, webbing etc.-- Death Bredon ( talk) 09:03, 30 December 2013 (UTC)
I find no mention anywhere of a Alfred Cecil Brooks being the inventor of the bomb. There is a Alfred Cecil Brooks OBE mentioned in the 1943 new year honours "Alfred Cecil Brooks, Esq., Works Manager and Engineer, Messrs. M. and W. Grazebrook.". Grazebrook appear to be an engineers and steel fabrication firm that had involvement in producing the casings. So it's plausible he may have contributed to their design although not necessarily the inventor. [3] [4] MagicMoose ( talk) 12:04, 21 September 2015 (UTC)
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After many lines from the beginning, the section Operational use at once introduces this term. But it is not explained before, where it came from. -- 129.187.244.19 ( talk) 07:09, 13 July 2018 (UTC)
"The first type of aircraft to carry bombs operationally was the Wellington" - this is nonsense of course; many aircraft carried bombs operationally, even in WW1. It is clearly ment to mean "these bombs" - but which ones? There are a number of "blockbusters" mentioned, or it could even be referring to incendiaries. Baska436 ( talk) 09:30, 13 March 2020 (UTC)
The article says the first use was by 15 Squadron on 2 December 1943. However I found in the Operations Record Book of 106 Squadron (Kew document AIR 27/833/12) that as early as 11/12 June 1943 four out of the squadron's fifteen a/c carried "8000lb HC". Now sadly this is "original research", hence not usable in Wikipedia. I therefore call on everyone to find a reliable source which would allow to rectify the mistake. Kauko ( talk) 10:16, 18 March 2023 (UTC)