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Title: Can you bomb yourself now?
Post by: Getback on December 15, 2012, 02:21:40 AM
Just curious. Dropped a bomb last night and it said I bombed a plane.
Title: Re: Can you bomb yourself now?
Post by: Sunka 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.
Title: Re: Can you bomb yourself now?
Post by: Getback 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?
Title: Re: Can you bomb yourself now?
Post by: Sunka 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.
Title: Re: Can you bomb yourself now?
Post by: MrKrabs 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 :|
Title: Re: Can you bomb yourself now?
Post by: dirtdart 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. 
Title: Re: Can you bomb yourself now?
Post by: Debrody 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...
Title: Re: Can you bomb yourself now?
Post by: RedBull1 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 :|
:bhead  :rofl
Title: Re: Can you bomb yourself now?
Post by: Tracerfi 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...
  :rofl
Title: Re: Can you bomb yourself now?
Post by: waystin2 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
Title: Re: Can you bomb yourself now?
Post by: SmokinLoon 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. 

Title: Re: Can you bomb yourself now?
Post by: matt 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.
Title: Re: Can you bomb yourself now?
Post by: zarkov 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.
Title: Re: Can you bomb yourself now?
Post by: Saxman 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.
Title: Re: Can you bomb yourself now?
Post by: shotgunneeley 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.
Title: Re: Can you bomb yourself now?
Post by: DarkHawk on December 15, 2012, 12:03:41 PM
I was dropping bombs from a b17 on a bomber hanger, as the bombs exploded, a plane was flying over the hanger and died in the blast. This gave a laugh to all who saw it.
DHawk
Title: Re: Can you bomb yourself now?
Post by: SilverZ06 on December 15, 2012, 02:24:55 PM
I've killed myself going too low to a bomb I've dropped. I've never been killed by bombing a friendly gv
Title: Re: Can you bomb yourself now?
Post by: phatzo on December 15, 2012, 05:04:03 PM
Have you guys seen Glasher's film of him killing a set of Lancs that flew under his AR-234 with bombs

http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/index.php/topic,305161.0.html

 
Title: Re: Can you bomb yourself now?
Post by: W7LPNRICK on December 15, 2012, 06:02:50 PM
What if a friendly comes in, can you killshoot yourself with a bomb?

No it will kill him if he flies through your blast....I believe.  :salute
Title: Re: Can you bomb yourself now?
Post by: Saxman on December 15, 2012, 08:36:04 PM
I've killed myself going too low to a bomb I've dropped. I've never been killed by bombing a friendly gv


Hell, I've actually been ASKED by a friendly GV to dive bomb them in order to knock out an enemy GV sitting next to them, lol.
Title: Re: Can you bomb yourself now?
Post by: Daddkev on December 15, 2012, 09:40:48 PM
 :lol :huh :huh :huh :huh Dude...i get bombed in my plane evry night!  :x :x :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :neener: :neener: :neener:
Title: Re: Can you bomb yourself now?
Post by: Sunka on December 15, 2012, 10:07:29 PM
This one time at band camp i took my flute and...........o wait wrong web site, :o
 :bolt:
Title: Re: Can you bomb yourself now?
Post by: bozon on December 16, 2012, 05:21:19 AM
One of my favorite AH1 moments:
In FSO (different event name back then) my squadron was supposed to spawn with loaded Jabo's, ditch the ords to provide fighter cover, then rearm and go Jabo on what is left of the targets. While the entire squadron of 12 (or 11?) was packed on the runway 30 seconds into the frame, someone released a rocket, sending the entire squadron back to the tower...
We respawned, took off and this time waited till we were airborne before releasing the ords - however, nobody looked down and again half the squadron was sent back to the tower after being hit by falling bombs or the blasts under them...
They respawned again. Later, the logs showed a huge number of deaths and illegal respawns that caused much arguments on the forums :)
Don't drink and fly.
Title: Re: Can you bomb yourself now?
Post by: DREDIOCK on December 16, 2012, 09:20:01 AM
Hell, I've actually been ASKED by a friendly GV to dive bomb them in order to knock out an enemy GV sitting next to them, lol.

(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-SEQgaODnNuw/TgFgpFzEsqI/AAAAAAAABo8/T3ysQg8cptA/s1600/willie_and_joe_05.jpg)

"Able Fox Five to Able fox. I got a target,but ya gotta be patient"
Title: Re: Can you bomb yourself now?
Post by: Sg11 on December 18, 2012, 05:10:23 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...
That happened to me while I was flying my 262. :uhoh
Title: Re: Can you bomb yourself now?
Post by: Chalenge on December 18, 2012, 05:35:21 AM
Never egress from attacking bombers by flying below him on his bomb run. You can think about it, but dont you do it!  :old:
Title: Re: Can you bomb yourself now?
Post by: Sg11 on December 18, 2012, 05:45:16 AM
Never egress from attacking bombers by flying below him on his bomb run. You can think about it, but dont you do it!  :old:
I've heard that it was a successful tactic during WWII.
Title: Re: Can you bomb yourself now?
Post by: Chalenge on December 18, 2012, 05:49:53 AM
I think you misunderstood what I was trying to say. Bombers killed friendly bombers because they were underneath them on the bomb run. I dont know what happens if a friendly bomber hits another bomber while bombing but I do know what happens if an attacking fighter flies into a bomb.
Title: Re: Can you bomb yourself now?
Post by: Getback on December 18, 2012, 05:53:14 AM
Got a kill last night from a guy who bombed himself.
Title: Re: Can you bomb yourself now?
Post by: Chalenge on December 18, 2012, 05:54:29 AM
Happens all the time when you are in a tank or chasing run90s.