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Weymouth Harbour
Testing of Upkeep prototypes with inert filling was carried out at Chesil Beach, Dorset, flying from RAF Warmwell in December 1942, and at Reculver, Kent, flying from RAF Manston in April and May 1943, at first using a Vickers Wellington bomber. However, the dimensions and weight of the full-size Upkeep were such that it could only be carried by the Avro Lancaster, which was the largest British bomber available at the time, and nonetheless had to undergo considerable modification in order to carry it. In testing, it was found that Upkeep's spherical casing would shatter on impact with water, but that the inner cylinder containing the bomb would continue across the surface of the water much as intended. As a result, Upkeep's spherical casing was eliminated from the design. Development and testing concluded on 13 May 1943 with the dropping of a live, cylindrical Upkeep bomb 5 miles (8 km) out to sea from Broadstairs, Kent, by which time Wallis had specified that the bomb must be dropped at "precisely" 60 feet (18 m) above the water and 232 miles per hour (373 km/h) groundspeed, with back-spin at 500 rpm: the bomb "bounced seven times over some 800 yards, sank and detonated"

Navigation Error (photo Dave Stinson)

Bloody Sat Nav !! (photo Dave Stinson)
Dave, Maureen & Anne wondering where we were (photo' Lloyd Rosentall)

Chesil Beach

Chesil Beach


Chesil Beach


Chesil Beach

Chesil Beach

Shingle Bank

Cafe

Café

Café

Down Town later (photo' Lloyd Rosentall)

Cantilever bridge in action (photo' Lloyd Rosentall)

Anne Maureen & Dave having a swift half at the Old Rooms Inn (photo' Lloyd Rosentall)

Sandbanks named most pricey seaside town, Port Bannatyne the least Glitzy Sandbanks in Dorset has been named Britain's most expensive seaside town, with the average price of a home there nearly £665,000.
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40the ENTRY MEMROBILIA

Memorabilia pages - If you have any odds & sods of a similar nature, that will scan, I would be grateful for them to add to the page. Steve

Photographs- If any ex 40th Boy Entrants have any photos that they would like to share with others to revive a few old memories they would be greatly appreciated.