To: Hal1950
If I remember right, wasn't this the bomb with a surface similar to a golf ball, which allowed the bomb to skip across the water? I think there was a documentary, PBS Nova maybe, about the story. Really interesting stuff.
8 posted on
08/31/2006 8:55:14 PM PDT by
macamadamia
("You've been ruining everybody's lives and eating all our steak!")
To: macamadamia
You have it - I never saw the PBS documentary, but the original movie is a classic.
10 posted on
08/31/2006 8:56:28 PM PDT by
ConorMacNessa
(HM/2 USN, 3rd Bn. 5th Marines, RVN 1969. St. Michael the Archangel defend us in battle!)
To: macamadamia; Hal1950
If I remember right, wasn't this the bomb with a surface similar to a golf ball, which allowed the bomb to skip across the water? I think there was a documentary, PBS Nova maybe, about the story. Really interesting stuff.No, it was cylindrical, and was launched from the plane with reverse/backwards spin which allowed it to skip across the water, but then dive down when in proximity to the dam.
15 posted on
08/31/2006 9:02:59 PM PDT by
tarheelswamprat
(You can kill all the orcs you want but ya gotta take the ring to Mordor to end it...)
To: macamadamia
No, it was a barrel shape and it was spun-up in order to help it skip along the surface.
The story of 633 Squadron only started with the dam mission. What it did later on was extraordinary!
73 posted on
09/02/2006 10:28:56 PM PDT by
Redleg Duke
(¡Salga de los Estados Unidos de América, invasor!)
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