The kamikaze doodlebug.
Posted: Wed Jan 09, 2013 2:44 pm
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The kamikaze doodlebug.
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Posted: Wed Jan 09, 2013 2:44 pmRe: The kamikaze doodlebug.
Posted: Wed Jan 09, 2013 7:41 pmInteresting read...thanks for posting the Link...
Re: The kamikaze doodlebug.
Posted: Thu Jan 10, 2013 1:34 amThe Japanese tried it at the end of the war in the Pacific. US sailors dubbed it the Baka Bomb, (there was actually a model of it, Monogram I think ), which was Japanese for "foolish" or "idiot". Couldn't get the link, but if you Wikipedia
"Baka Bomb" you can read about it. Toward the end of the war the Luftwaffe tried ramming American bombers. the pilots would bail out afterwards. Needless to say the Luftwaffe pilots were more intelligent than the Japanese. Neither plan worked so we won the war. Oh well, history is a gas.
Dave
"Baka Bomb" you can read about it. Toward the end of the war the Luftwaffe tried ramming American bombers. the pilots would bail out afterwards. Needless to say the Luftwaffe pilots were more intelligent than the Japanese. Neither plan worked so we won the war. Oh well, history is a gas.
Dave