Awesome! Kamikazes!

davidaspy · 04-30-07, 02:13 PM

Theres a case i know of when the pilot of a damaged Spitfire rammed a German bomber during the battle of Britain. The attack was filmed from the ground along with the clearly tailless bomber falling to earth. It wasnt strictly a kamikazi becasue the British pilot survived. I remember there was a TV show on about a year ago here in Britain where they dug the planes up and interviewed the pilot.

UnSalted · 04-30-07, 03:35 PM

This afternoon I was trailing along behind a crippled Large Modern Tanker I'd torpedoed. I looked around and noticed a destroyer coming up on me dead astern...and by dead I mean 1 degree of deflection at the most. He kept closing and closing for almost 5000 yards so I let off a torp at 750 yards figuring he had to be ready for a course change and I was wasting a good round.

Much to my surprise I hit him and he kept right on coming. He passed over me and came to stop a couple of hundred yards ahead. I dove a few feet to make sure I was going to pass under him with no sweat and heard a tremendous blast. SOB blew up right over top of me!!

Talk about a guy trying to even the score........

gutterrat13 · 04-30-07, 05:46 PM

Speaking of aircraft ramming other aircraft:

java`s revenge · 05-01-07, 06:42 AM

I have seen a documentary on discovery channel.
About a hurricane that rammed a german plane nearby london.
That hurricane crashed into the centre of the city. The german plane
crashed also but that pilot didn`t survived it.

That documentation let`s see that they had found that hurricane and
they were dig up that plane. The pilot still lived and he stood looking
how they digged out his plain after so many years.

Real cool!!

Sailor Steve · 05-01-07, 10:44 AM

@ csargemg: I was looking for something else when I came across this:
http://www.elknet.pl/acestory/candelaria/candelaria.htm

Quote:

KNOWN AMERICAN BOMBER LOSSES BY RAMMING.

3RD AIR DIVISION
388TH BG 2 Ramming attack
452nd BG 1 Ramming attack + 3 to fighter attack.
100th BG 1 Ramming attack + 1 Rammed damaged RTB.
385th BG 1 Ramming attack
490th BG 1 Ramming attack + 1 landed in Continent
487th BG 1 Ramming attack damaged landed in Belguim.

2ND AIR DIVISION
389th BG 1 Ramming attack

Total Bomber Losses:
2AD: 3 B-24’s
3AD: 14 B-17’s
Minus one to Flak, one to accidental bombing and 3 to Me-262 jet fighters, its is calculated that 13 bombers were destroyed by Elbe Pilots.

I still wouldn't call it "often", but a few more than I expected. You're on the right track.

04-30-07, 02:13 PM	#1
davidaspy Mate Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: North of the South Posts: 56 Downloads: 25 Uploads: 0	Theres a case i know of when the pilot of a damaged Spitfire rammed a German bomber during the battle of Britain. The attack was filmed from the ground along with the clearly tailless bomber falling to earth. It wasnt strictly a kamikazi becasue the British pilot survived. I remember there was a TV show on about a year ago here in Britain where they dug the planes up and interviewed the pilot. __________________ Eagles may soar, but weasels dont get sucked into jet engines.

05-01-07, 06:42 AM	#4
java`s revenge Ace of the Deep Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: at periscope depth Posts: 1,204 Downloads: 97 Uploads: 0	I have seen a documentary on discovery channel. About a hurricane that rammed a german plane nearby london. That hurricane crashed into the centre of the city. The german plane crashed also but that pilot didn`t survived it. That documentation let`s see that they had found that hurricane and they were dig up that plane. The pilot still lived and he stood looking how they digged out his plain after so many years. Real cool!! __________________

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04-30-07, 03:35 PM	#2
UnSalted Machinist's Mate Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 130 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	This afternoon I was trailing along behind a crippled Large Modern Tanker I'd torpedoed. I looked around and noticed a destroyer coming up on me dead astern...and by dead I mean 1 degree of deflection at the most. He kept closing and closing for almost 5000 yards so I let off a torp at 750 yards figuring he had to be ready for a course change and I was wasting a good round. Much to my surprise I hit him and he kept right on coming. He passed over me and came to stop a couple of hundred yards ahead. I dove a few feet to make sure I was going to pass under him with no sweat and heard a tremendous blast. SOB blew up right over top of me!! Talk about a guy trying to even the score........

04-30-07, 05:46 PM	#3
gutterrat13 Swabbie Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Prince George, BC, Canada Posts: 13 Downloads: 50 Uploads: 0	Speaking of aircraft ramming other aircraft: