Must have been alot of misinformation back then. I found this on youtube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XmhevFScTXg
at about 2 1/2 minutes into this thing the announcer says it can carry, get this, 28 TONS of bombs. Looking at the specs on wiki there is only what, around 20,000 lbs btw empty and full weight, if I'm not mistakes empty weight includes no fuel, so not sure what to believe, but since the wingspan and the 1940 times relate to each other I'd say this is the one.
Gilly