Clearly,
it can carry more than 8
I think it can only carry 16 much smaller bombs, for the 230lb bombs 8 seems to be a bit of a weight limit
From Francis K. Mason’s The British Bomber Since 1914, p.94:
“The bomb load could comprise one 1,650lb SN bomb, three 550lb, three 520lb, eight 250 lb, or sixteen 112lb bombs.”
Further confirmation might be found in H. A. Jones’ The War in the Air Being the Part played in the Great War by the Royal Air Force: Appendices. Vol. VII, but the Internet Archive version is missing the critical Appendix XXVII.
It is missing quite a few of its loadouts, though.
quoting user TomLiu126
Who also made a thread like this.
@Smin1080p_WT can you merge this into the other wasn’t aware that someone else brought this issue up.