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Title: Gun Camera Footage
Post by: _Schadenfreude_ on May 24, 2003, 08:11:38 AM

http://people.ee.ethz.ch/~chapman/flightsims/oberstguncam/Frameset/index2.htm

enjoy!!

Title: Gun Camera Footage
Post by: Ack-Ack on May 24, 2003, 11:57:51 AM

thanks, nice find.


Ack-Ack

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Post by: Tsingis on May 24, 2003, 01:21:09 PM

and a few more in avi format

http://mezek.valka.cz/texty/filmy.htm

Title: Gun Camera Footage
Post by: davidpt40 on May 24, 2003, 02:50:50 PM

Why is that German still shooting the B17 even though it had its gear down?  Thats a sign of surrender.

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Post by: RightF00T on May 24, 2003, 02:55:36 PM

Because of the Bloody 101st which intentionally put its gear down in sign of surrender then proceeded to shoot German planes down as they flew away....

Title: Gun Camera Footage
Post by: GRUNHERZ on May 24, 2003, 03:04:44 PM

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Originally posted by davidpt40
Why is that German still shooting the B17 even though it had its gear down?  Thats a sign of surrender.

He was a bish, the bastard! :D

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Post by: GScholz on May 24, 2003, 10:25:57 PM

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Originally posted by RightF00T
Because of the Bloody 101st which intentionally put its gear down in sign of surrender then proceeded to shoot German planes down as they flew away....

Serious?

Title: Gun Camera Footage
Post by: davidpt40 on May 24, 2003, 10:54:39 PM

Well the true story behind the 101st is more like this-  A b17 was alone and shot up.  The hydraulics had went out and for some reason the landing gear partially deployed.  A German fighter, thinking the 17 wished to surrender, pulled in close and started to fly formation with it.  The B17 gunners destroyed the 109, and other Germans in the area witnessed this.  They then proceeded to shoot the B17 down.

As the 'legend' goes, Germans intentionally attacked the 101st over other bomb groups, and 101st continued to have high losses throughout the war.

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Post by: GScholz on May 25, 2003, 12:58:19 AM

Btw. Schadenfreude, I love that handle of yours. There's no english translation ... no wonder those Brits and Yanks are so nice! :D

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Post by: SFRT - Frenchy on May 26, 2003, 01:26:19 AM

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Originally posted by davidpt40
Why is that German still shooting the B17 even though it had its gear down?  Thats a sign of surrender.

Because it's taken from a video game.:D

Title: Gun Camera Footage
Post by: davidpt40 on May 26, 2003, 01:30:07 AM

It was kind of strange listening to that happy big-band-music and watching B17s get shot down.

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Post by: Glasses on May 26, 2003, 01:30:37 AM

He probably needed Perk points to fly a perked pork that's why :D

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Post by: Kweassa on May 26, 2003, 02:34:25 AM

Sort of like when the English dumped bombs, along with Bader's artificial legs, when the Germans specifically noted to the RAF that they won't fire at the delivery planes? :D

Title: Gun Camera Footage
Post by: gofaster on May 27, 2003, 09:16:30 AM

Cool link!