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B-25 bomb skipping

Posted: Tue May 02, 2006 7:36 pm
by Moth
I was watching TV, the Discovery channel, a show called Mega Movers, they showed B-25 bomb skipping footage. I nearly craped my pants when I saw that, the B-25 flys at about 300Ft or so, and drops it's bomb, the bomb skipps on the water, jumps up a couple dozen feet and such, then finally hits the enemy ship.

To the point, does anyone have a video of this? I searched the internet, and couldnt find anything.

Help really appreciated!

Thanks

Posted: Wed May 03, 2006 4:42 am
by flpickupman
The most I've seen was still photos of Skip Bombing. Most notably in the Time Life WWII series. I too would love to see some video footage.

Posted: Wed May 03, 2006 9:33 am
by aferguson
the british dambuster 4 engine lancasters flew in at 60 feet above the water, at night, when they did their skip bombing attacks on the Ruhr dams. :)