[303rd-Talk] Hollywood vs. Reality Question

[coleman]

I never heard any bombs whistling  on any of the 30 mission that I flew. LC
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> 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!
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> From: "bill runnels" <billrunnels at yahoo.com>
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>> 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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