World War Two experimental catapult unearthed by archaeologists
An experimental catapult designed to launch World War Two bomber
planes into the sky has been excavated.
The prototype Royal Aircraft Establishment Mark III Catapult was
unearthed at the site of a development at the Harwell Science and
Innovation Campus in Oxfordshire.
It was made to enable take-offs using shorter runways and so the
planes could be loaded with more fuel.
The contraption was built between 1938 and 1940 when the site was RAF
Harwell.
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-oxfordshire-67052782
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