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SNIP lots

I recall reading about Fw 190 pilots on the Eastern front attacking
T34 tanks simply by flying the nose over the tank and releasing a bomb
to slide along the steppe. It was regarded as accurate method.

So I suspect they relied to a certain extent on the bomb sliding along
the ground. The accuracy required would be greatly reduced.

I think it was down to dropping and keeping at least one finger in one ear!

It was remarkable that they decided to take a cameraman along to film the
low level raid, which seemed to go against the fact that the British seemed
a bit dubious about cameras popping off everywhere (all "hush, hush" and
that) unlike our American Allies.

Richard.


I suspect that the RAF brass regarded the Amiens raid as (quite rightly)
a unique effort to date, and worthy of recording. It was of course the
RAF film unit, subject to normal secrecy conditions. And the cameraman
was very likely to return by virtue of the fact he was in a Mossie (must
have been a glazed nose variant - and with no armament or ordnance, so
freaking fast...)

I think that we Brits have been too cautious about recording our
efforts. We have a duty to future generations to show how things were,
and I can only applaud the US for having put, for instance, Hollywood
directors on B17s to record it all - and in colour!

Cheers,

Dave

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Dave Eadsforth