O/T - Kamikaze result in 1945
Posted: Thu Jul 27, 2023 10:47 am
- Screenshot 2023-07-27 10.44.25.png (1.32 MiB) Viewed 1327 times
https://www.uptheclarets.com/messageboard/
O/T - Kamikaze result in 1945
https://www.uptheclarets.com/messageboard/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=70871
Page 1 of 1
HMS Sussex after being hit by a Kamikaze in 1945
Re: O/T - Kamikaze result in 1945
Posted: Thu Jul 27, 2023 12:21 pm
Re: O/T - Kamikaze result in 1945
Posted: Thu Jul 27, 2023 12:53 pm
Looks very similar to the shadow marks made on a window when a bird hits it ...
Re: O/T - Kamikaze result in 1945
Posted: Thu Jul 27, 2023 12:59 pm
Ole' Ironsides!
Re: O/T - Kamikaze result in 1945
Posted: Thu Jul 27, 2023 3:54 pm
Are we sure it was a Kamikaze and not just a sh1t pilot, From that silhouette the landing gear looks to have been down and there's surprisingly little damage considering kamikaze planes were usually loaded with explosives.
Re: O/T - Kamikaze result in 1945
Posted: Thu Jul 27, 2023 3:57 pm
Yeah, its a Ka-51 "Sonia" - it has fixed landing gear
Massively out classed by 1945 it has to be said, and its a miracle it got as far as it did (it was obsolete at the start of the war)
Massively out classed by 1945 it has to be said, and its a miracle it got as far as it did (it was obsolete at the start of the war)
Re: O/T - Kamikaze result in 1945
Posted: Thu Jul 27, 2023 3:59 pm
Kamikaze planes didn't need retractable landing gear. (Or any landing gear at all, in fact. just taking-off gear.)FulledgeClaret wrote: ↑Thu Jul 27, 2023 3:54 pmAre we sure it was a Kamikaze and not just a sh1t pilot, From that silhouette the landing gear looks to have been down and there's surprisingly little damage considering kamikaze planes were usually loaded with explosives.
I don't think all WW2 planes had retractable landing gear, did they?
Re: O/T - Kamikaze result in 1945
Posted: Thu Jul 27, 2023 4:00 pm
Most did, only the early planes didn't - just made them far too slow and vulnerable
Re: O/T - Kamikaze result in 1945
Posted: Thu Jul 27, 2023 5:15 pm
Re: O/T - Kamikaze result in 1945
Posted: Thu Jul 27, 2023 7:28 pm
The Junkers JU87 Stuka was a fine example a plane with fixed landing gear.
In it's role as a dive bomber it was probably without equal but pretty useless at anything else.
In it's role as a dive bomber it was probably without equal but pretty useless at anything else.
Re: O/T - Kamikaze result in 1945
Posted: Fri Jul 28, 2023 8:08 am
Not only fixed undercarriage but a bi-plane too.
- Fairey Swordfish da FAA sobre o HMS Ark Royal.jpg (698.39 KiB) Viewed 557 times