More Bouncing Bomb Boo Boo

[copewood1939]

Black or brown...nigger is appropriate.

[karadan100]

Holy shit! I've never seen that footage before.

[MrMilfhunter2003]

s for sugar lancaster bomber

[Longs81]

would have loved to see this for real

[tclarke35]

Yes, but they actually wanted my granddad to be the bouncing bomb not the pilot but he thought it was too dangerous because of having to bounce along the lake surface at such a high speed and then of course the explosion would be very hazardous so he said no.

[tclarke35]

My grandad was in the RAF in WW2 and they asked him to be a bouncing bomb but he thought it would be too dangerous so said no which is lucky otherwise I wouldn't be here today.

[colonellemon]

@tclarke35 I thought they drafted in the best RAF bomber pilots and didn't tell them what it was for until about 6 weeks before hand when they started training, it was so top secret they didn't even tell the guys flying what it was, even after they saw it and used it they still didn't explain anything to them.

[GSP21]

Nigger the dog is buried outside 3 hanger at Scampton-

The bombs were dropped at a range off 600yards from the dams at a height off 60ft & an air speed off 230m.p.h. Now thats flying!

[MrBEB123]

@GSP21 I find it somewhat ironic that a British soldier had a dog named Nigger and yet chose to fight against National Socialism which was a pro White type of government whereas Democracy is an anti-White type of Government. These days many Whites in western countries are beginning to question if it was such a good idea for Whites to be fighting against their own race as they did during WW II especially given the problems caused by the third world invasion of previously White held territory.

[AbuAvital]

@MrBEB123 Nigger is only derogatoory when you want it to be so.

[tryithere]

@AbuAvital I thought it was only derogatory when you were one.

[AbuAvital]

@tryithere the dog was black, hence the name, didn't you take Latin at school?

[tryithere]

@AbuAvital Well first off, almost nobody under 65 has taken Latin in school and second, didn't you ever take humor in life?

[AbuAvital]

@tryithere sinse when was age an excuse for not learning something?

[fatmikecj]

@MrBEB123 1. The dog was called nigger because it was black. In the 30's the word nigger was not really associated with the same conotations as it is today, or it wouldn't have been named that.

2. I doubt he fought for any political reasons other than his country was at war and under threat.

3. Democracy is anti-white? I'm speechless on that front. In fact everything you wrote from that point on is staggering frankly.

[gaspode18]

@fatmikecj The dog was brown ,actually. It was a chocolate labrador.

[fatmikecj]

@gaspode18 Well the name still stands. I'm certainly not going to argue with the wonder-dog!

[tryithere]

@MrBEB123 How did that Klan rally go last night?

[lindasmur14]

@GSP21

[LANewell2]

The bomb bays had gyro's in them to spin the bombs. The altitude was low not to avoid flack but to keep the bomb from bouncing over the dam or diving into the water too early. The bomb would hit the wall of the dam and spin under water using the under water pressure of the explosion to assist in busting the dam.

[cornskid]

I loved the movie, as a tribute note the last attack scenes, George Lucas copied it down to the names of the pilots in the original "Star Wars" last attack on ther death star, go ahead check it out, I had just seen Dam Busters on a late night movie in 76 and went to the local premier of star wars and I thought "I've seen this movie before" I was fairly stoned at the time but later confirmed it, it's too similar to be a coincidence.

[cybercow222]

boo boo boo

[khk0510]

not many fighters in WWII knew how to "skip the bomb". i think these got lucky.

[yk325]

@khk0510 If I recall correctly, it was one (squadron -sorry, I don't know) group that knew, since their leader specifically worked on it. You had to be flying really low, at something like 140 mph, to get it to work.

[girl4tonite]

probably the pilot who fell out

[yaiknowscrewme]

its a bouncing betty

[sierraxr4icosie]

a bouncing bettys a type of land mine that explodes in ur face. lovley

[yaiknowscrewme]

It has to be dropped at a low altitude but at a certain angle otherwise u get what u see here

[ROCKYROSIE2]

If a Mossie could drop a test bomb,why didnt it drop the real thing?Not a trick question,just curious.

[psi81]

The Mosquito dropped a smaller bomb codenamed "Highball." It couldn't carry the much larger, much heavier "Upkeep" bomb. Highball was designed for use against capital ships but was never used operationally.

[bluefox14478]

That is an underwaterbomb,dropped from a plan.

[cycimian]

Bluefox your correct the designer Wallace Barns sir Wallace at wars end used first wake time detonations It would bounch creating wake impact the dam then sink to the bottom Where it would detanate by pressure switch. Wallace Barns was also Resonsible for modern Gold Ball designs, Alonh with Aircraft desing quite an impressive man,

[chewie211171]

It took a lot of testing, but the bomb obviously worked in the end. The Dambusters raid was one of the most audacious in WW2, a truely brave feat considing that pilots today have computers and precision guidance devices to make it easier.

[wizzoplanes]

if you people took time to read "real books" you would discover this is original footage of the bombs testing, the aircraft did land safely after the incident. there is much debate over the success of the raid, but the "Dambusters " squadron became leaders in precision bombing, even using Mosuitos to mark targets at very low level, unfortunatly Gibson was killed on one such raid.And Dave41184 the full number of aircraft did take part in the raid

[jetfueljp4]

PULL UP! PULL UP!

[dave41184]

This accident meant 19 crews went on the raid instead of the planned 20

[timorvet1]

actualy they didnt they got the idea after one of the weapons was found intact after one of the lanc's crashed

[CaptainBob93]

wtf no they didn't.

it was invented by Barnes Wallis.

An English man

[midevilgrim]

was that a bomb?thats pretty cool

[ruspren]

one aircraft on raid flown by Sqn ldr Maudsley was damaged by its own bomb,that's what you get operating at such low altitude.

[BoNidle3863]

The actual Operation codename was "Chastise".The codeword for an unsuccessful strike was "Gonner" and a successful strike had the now very un-PC codeword of "Nigger" (after Gibsons black Labrador killed just prior to the mission.His grave can still be seen outside of one of the hangars at RAF Scampton in Licolnshire).The codename for the bomb itself was "Upkeep".

[ShootBlueHelmets]

Can anyone tell me the name of the operation? Hint: it is not politically correct lol.

[stagga76]

It was "Operation Chastise", not really sure what you mean by politically correct? Unless you're thinking of Gibson's labrador which he named "Nigger"?

[ShootBlueHelmets]

Yes, the mission was Operation Chastise, I remember that now. Gibson did have a dog named nigger. According to the History Channel, there was an Operation Nigger, named after said dog. I think it was the training mission for Operation Chastise now that I think of it. This at least, according to the History Channel. Then again, they have made mistakes before, but I doubt they would air that without some authentication. My friends and I all heard it, we are not all completely delusional haha.

[edhog]

they made a movie about it it was called Dam Busters was a good yarn

[spottydog4472]

Peter Jackson (Lord of the Rings / King Kong) is currently producing of a NEW version of the DAMBUSTERS!!!!

[edhog]

fuck yeh thats the GREATEST

[redfoozle]

No, nigger was the code word for a successful breach of one of the Dams. I hope they don't try to change historical fact for the new film, like calling the dog Digger or something daft.

[cycimian]

No Dude your wrong, Nigger was the name of the base commanders dog, I have the tape, Starring Kenith Moore,

[sheldonholy]

Your both right, but the reason Nigger was the sucessful code word was because Nigger was the dog of commander, Guy Gibson, also beacuse he was run over by a car at the airport and so he was buried at midnight whilst they were on the mission.

[pete2778]

He was run over on the day of the raid & his death was hushed up so as not to worry the crews before the operation. As far as I know, in Peter Jackson's version of the film, which I'm not sure is even happening now, the dog was going to be renamed... Nothing like PC bollocks to distort history. The original film used real Lancasters, not CGI (dodgy special effects by todays standards though) & was filmed at RAF Hemswell because it represented 1943 Scampton better with it's grass runways.

[spitfireJEJ]

The film starred Richard Todd not Kenneth Moore. There have been whispers that the dog was run over deliberately by an air force officer due to the fact that it was considered by many to be a nuisance on the base. It was also supposed to have been disposed of in some nearby woods. We'll never know for sure, everyone who could tell is deceased. But when the grave was moved some years ago, there was no skeleton to be found.........

[dave41184]

@spitfireJEJ Interesting rumour but I think it is just that - where did you hear it?

[nikn0b]

I was in A barrel like that once lookin fer my corn sqweezins.that was A waste of A good barrel.

[ihaveipgtech]

619 squadron were brave men

[hueyn90]

It was squadron 617 and yes, very brave.

[televisionremoter]

617

[Diorama42]

Not very successful? Of course, the destruction of the Eder and Mohne dams, almost halting production in the Ruhr valley was not a success.

[hueyn90]

"Almost " is right. Within a month electricity and water services were restored. It was regarded as a minor inconveneince to the Ruhr's industrial output.

[nickdc1]

Hi, why is the footage stopped as a second something or other comes out of the plane? Is it a boo boo like the title suggests? Like maybe a airman falling out? Hope not!

[psi81]

It's a piece of either the flap or the aileron from the wing, I forget which. The footage is paused because it's from a documentary about the raid, and the pause is part of the documentary where the narrator emphasises the bit that's fallen off.

There is footage of another plane dropping a bouncing bomb where the column of water blows the entire tail off and the aircraft noses straight into the sea and is torn apart. I've only seen it on one doco though, and it's a different one from this

[DuttyDoogz]

the footage of the plane bein hit by the bouncing bomb is on here its called "Dambuster Raid - Archival film of bouncing bomb"

[hueyn90]

This was an experimental bomb called a dam buster that was made during ww2. The concept was to skip it on top of water until it reached a dam and then it would sink 20-30 ft. and then explode and hopefully open up the dam and flood the land below. It was not very successful.

[womford]

what on earth do you mean not very sucessful? they managed to breach two dams with it and effectively prevented armament production in the rhur valley. It probably shortened the war by a year and saved thousands upon thousands of lives. And thats unsucessful.? I dont think so

[hueyn90]

Actually the military effect was not as hoped for. Within a month electricity and water output in the Ruhr region was at full capacity. Out of 133 airmen who took part in the raid 53 were killed. 8 planes were lost. That isnt what I call a success. There were no additional raids because of the risk/reward factor of such a dangerous mission.

[pete2778]

Agreed, militarily the operation wasn't as successful as the planners would've hoped but from a morale standpoint, at a time when the war wasn't going particularly well for the British, the raid was a huge success. The bombers of 617 Squadron, "The Dambusters" took off from an airfield called RAF Scampton which is about ten miles from where I live and the current base for the RAF Aerobatic Display Team, the Red Arrows. 617sqn sank the Tirpitz later in the war.

[daytraderaz]

Where in the world did you find this clip? Truly a great find. Thanks