[303rd-Talk] Hollywood vs. Reality Question

[wargroom at localvertical.com]

I'm going to jump in here,since I haven't seen an answer to this yet, and 
maybe the vets will jump on me, but I was told some years ago that our bombs 
didn't whistle, except when Hollywood drops them, the Nazi's did put noise 
makers on their bombs as a terror tactic but as far as I know we didn't. And 
I think bob is probably right, even if they did I don't think the crew would 
hear them over the engines the 10,000 rattles from the airframe and the 
flack!
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "bill runnels" <billrunnels at yahoo.com>
To: "303rd Bomb Group Talk Forum" <303rd-talk at 303rdBG.com>
Sent: Friday, April 11, 2008 12:12 PM
Subject: Re: [303rd-Talk] Hollywood vs. Reality Question


> Hollywood!
>
>  Bill Runnels
>
> Bob Van Pelt <bvp6565 at yahoo.com> wrote:
>  In most of the documentaries and movies I've seen, when bombs are 
> dropped, you hear a whistling as they are falling. Could you actually hear 
> bombs whistling as they were falling from the bomb bay and on their way to 
> the target? I would think those four big Cyclones would drown out any 
> noise from a falling bomb. Is this Hollywood or reality?
> Bob Van Pelt
>
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