File:BocheBusterCatterick12December1940.jpg

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English: IWM caption : "'Boche-Buster', a 250-ton 18-inch railway gun, Catterick, 12 December 1940. The gun later travelled down to Kent to take up position at Bishopsbourne on the Elham to Canterbury Line, taken over by the Army for the duration."
The gun was in fact an 18 inch howitzer.
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This photograph H 6089 comes from the collections of the Imperial War Museums (collection no. 4700-37)
Author Photographer: Kessell (Mr) War Office official photographer
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08:05, 14 February 2008Thumbnail for version as of 08:05, 14 February 2008350 × 267 (85 KB)Rcbutcher{{Information |Description=IWM caption : "'Boche-Buster', a 250-ton 18-inch railway gun, Catterick, 12 December 1940. The gun later travelled down to Kent to take up position at Bishopsbourne on the Elham to Canterbury Line, taken over by the Army for the
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