[303rd-Talk] Hollywood vs. Reality Question

[harold susskind]

I never heard the bombs whistle but I often whistled approaching the I.P.to wake the bombardier up.  Hal ,Susskind, Navigator Extraortdinare
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> To: wargroom at localvertical.com; 303rd-talk at 303rdBG.com
> Subject: Re: [303rd-Talk] Hollywood vs. Reality Question
> Date: Wed, 23 Apr 2008 09:51:33 -0400
> From: jprencher at aol.com
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> I never ever heard our bombs whistle,
> ???? Jack
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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!?
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "bill runnels" ?
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>> Hollywood!?
>>?
>> Bill Runnels?
>>?
>> Bob Van Pelt  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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