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Offline Getback

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Can you bomb yourself now?
« on: December 15, 2012, 02:21:40 AM »
Just curious. Dropped a bomb last night and it said I bombed a plane.

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Re: Can you bomb yourself now?
« Reply #1 on: December 15, 2012, 02:24:38 AM »
Just curious. Dropped a bomb last night and it said I bombed a plane.
I have hit myself with my own bomb blast many times in the past.
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Re: Can you bomb yourself now?
« Reply #2 on: December 15, 2012, 02:27:45 AM »
I have hit myself with my own bomb blast many times in the past.

What if a friendly comes in, can you killshoot yourself with a bomb?

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Re: Can you bomb yourself now?
« Reply #3 on: December 15, 2012, 02:38:12 AM »
What if a friendly comes in, can you killshoot yourself with a bomb?
This i myself am not sure of,and anything i would say would be an educated guess,but I'm sure someone will come along that dose know. :salute

(edit) btw i would guess yes.
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Re: Can you bomb yourself now?
« Reply #4 on: December 15, 2012, 03:08:17 AM »
I've dueled Redbull plenty of time where I've bombed him mid-air... Granted he ends up doing the same thing to me :|
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Re: Can you bomb yourself now?
« Reply #5 on: December 15, 2012, 03:18:24 AM »
Sometimes, if your lucky, you can bomb guys trying to come under you if you lose a turret. 
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Re: Can you bomb yourself now?
« Reply #6 on: December 15, 2012, 04:04:43 AM »
haha, exactly that happened to me last year...

was about to shoot down a lancaster while he was calibrating his bombsight, but didnt have enough time to climb. So was just gained some speed and was trying to pull up to his belly.
Then suddenly... shhhhhhhh, <crashing sound>, tower...   epic fail...
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Re: Can you bomb yourself now?
« Reply #7 on: December 15, 2012, 04:18:24 AM »
I've dueled Redbull plenty of time where I've bombed him mid-air... Granted he ends up doing the same thing to me :|
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Re: Can you bomb yourself now?
« Reply #8 on: December 15, 2012, 06:57:42 AM »
haha, exactly that happened to me last year...

was about to shoot down a lancaster while he was calibrating his bombsight, but didnt have enough time to climb. So was just gained some speed and was trying to pull up to his belly.
Then suddenly... shhhhhhhh, <crashing sound>, tower...   epic fail...
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Re: Can you bomb yourself now?
« Reply #9 on: December 15, 2012, 08:48:32 AM »
Oh yes you can.  Welcome to the club.  In on VH, got the VH!   Ooopsss and myself... :uhoh
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Re: Can you bomb yourself now?
« Reply #10 on: December 15, 2012, 09:27:27 AM »
I do it quite a bit while in a Mossi.  I believe it is the fact that I do a lot more high speed shallow dive-bombing rather than the steep °45 or sharper dive angle more commonly used in a single engine jabo. 

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Re: Can you bomb yourself now?
« Reply #11 on: December 15, 2012, 09:41:02 AM »
haha, exactly that happened to me last year...

was about to shoot down a lancaster while he was calibrating his bombsight, but didnt have enough time to climb. So was just gained some speed and was trying to pull up to his belly.
Then suddenly... shhhhhhhh, <crashing sound>, tower...   epic fail...
Never thought about doing that.

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Re: Can you bomb yourself now?
« Reply #12 on: December 15, 2012, 09:43:20 AM »
Hmmm...has anyone ever put those bombs that the Luftwaffe tried to use to break up USAAF bomber formations on the wishlist?

I recall they were in SWOTL.

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Re: Can you bomb yourself now?
« Reply #13 on: December 15, 2012, 10:12:07 AM »
Hmmm...has anyone ever put those bombs that the Luftwaffe tried to use to break up USAAF bomber formations on the wishlist?

I recall they were in SWOTL.

Were they ever actually used operationally?

Interestingly, that was what the Corsair was originally designed to do: Climb above bomber formations and pepper them with bomblets stored in the wings. That was quickly scrapped, though.
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Re: Can you bomb yourself now?
« Reply #14 on: December 15, 2012, 11:55:17 AM »
What if a friendly comes in, can you killshoot yourself with a bomb?

Yes. On large scale bombing raids we always tell everyone to spread out and keep your bombsights clear of any friendlies. If your bomb strikes a friendly, you strike out to the tower.
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