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Originally Posted by Legbreaker
It's also worth noting the British had an aircraft more than capable to carrying an atomic bomb several years before the US - the Avro Lancaster.
With a payload of 22,000lbs, it was also capable of carrying nearly a ton more than the US B-29.
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True British bombers had larger payloads compared with US bombers, but the B-29 was faster and had a longer range than the Lancaster and also had a greatly superior service ceiling height.