The Terrifying Physics of WWII Dive Bombing
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- čas přidán 30. 12. 2019
- The act of dive bombing during World War II was a death defying trial of skill and nerve. You aimed your plane down, four miles above the ocean, and plummeted at speeds of up to 275 miles per hour.
From the Show: Battle of Midway bit.ly/2Jl5D9t
Japanese pilots:
There’s always something inherently dissatisfying with these Smithsonian videos. They never really get to what you thought you were going to learn.
I always wondered about the poor gunner. He’s falling backward (really fast) & he’s got no idea if he’s gonna go SPLAT. That’s BIG balls right there
It was a good thing that the Japanese flag was a red dot target.
Um. Sort of somehow missed seeing any mention of the physics of dive bombing promised by the title. The physics, engineering and flying of such planes truly is fascinating. Perhaps Smithsonian might consider making such a video-this one certainly is not.
Titled “Terrifying Physics”... literally describes nothing about physics.
fun fact, Stukas had a diver recovery system that engaged at 700m. if the pilot blacked out the stuka at 700m would automatically release the bomb and the elevators would mechanically pitch up and pull the aircraft from its dive
My adopted father was a rear gunner. When the war was over. He never flew again.
WarThunder Players: “I know more than you”
Still waiting for the physics...
Junkers Ju-87 Stuka:
My grandfather was a SBD tail gunner in the war. He kept a journal documenting everyday life, including hits, and fatalities. He was deeply traumatized by war, and would have nightmares
My dad was a rear-gunner. He saw the target only after they pulled out of the dive. You had to be very young to withstand the forces that existed in a straight dive toward the target and all that water.
Actually, dive bomber pilots of various nations often dived at angles of over 80 degrees- and some of them dove straight down at 90 degrees. One thing not mentioned in the video is that the rapid loss of altitude followed by the stress of pullout caused some capillaries (small blood vessels) in the lungs of the crews to burst- which shortened the lives of the crews.
I knew a Dauntless dive bomber rear machine gunner that fought at Midway. His name was Ben and he lived in Chula Vista, Ca. I hope he is still with us. I tried to get him to sit down with me for an interview (for historical purposes) but he refused to because he said it's too painful to talk about. Love you bro. Godspeed sir. You are my hero.
Man that plane that survived midway with all the bullet holes, that’s better than gold imo, amazing history there
Chicken vs the ocean
I like how these documentaries dub in the sound of a stuka any time plane is diving...
My husbands 6th grade Sunday school teacher was a gunner on either a dive bomber or a torpedo plane during WW2. He was an amazing man! One story he told them was that he'd gone from zero to One hundred twenty mph backwards when they flew off the carrier!
Smithsonian I'm available if you'd like to do a story on the terrifying physics of being married to my ex-wife.