In September 1940 the John Lewis store on Oxford St. in London was hits by bombs during a air raid. This photo was taken 5 years later at the same location, at a display: "Britain's Aircraft Exhibition". A Mosquito is front and center with a Spitfire propped up vertically in the background.
The caption explained the large cylinder by the left engine nacelle was a 4000 lb. Cookie bomb. More looking brought the view below, a view of one such bomb being loaded into the bomb bay of a Mosquito. Bottom image is a British propaganda photo of a selection of bombs available to the RAF, the types hand lettered in afterwards.
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