Gun camera footage from WWII

[exhelodrvr]

Pretty interesting
http://www.wimp.com/guncamera/

 

[PBF]

Thanks for posting the link, it was interesting.

 

[craftingraptor]

Awesome. Some of that looks like WWII simulations I've seen, but no, it's the real thing.

 

[BlkPny]

I'm glad to see that I was not the only one to ignore the dire warnings of the dangers of a rolling pull-out on ordnance runs.

 

[Cron]

Thank you for posting this. I've always been fascinated with guncam footage of wars past. Truly epic.

On a similar note, I highly recommend watching this award-winning, WW2 color documentary about a P-47 squadron in Italy:

(44 mins)

 

[yak52driver]

Great post, thanks!

 

[JMonte85]

They make it look so easy. I thought for sure that Japanese guy on the parachute was gonna get lit up.

I wonder if all planes had a video cam back then.

 

[exhelodrvr]

I believe by the end of the war all U.S. fighter planes; activated by firing the guns. Made for much more accurate estimates of enemy aircraft destroyed/damaged. (Imagine that, fighter pilots who exaggerated about their exploits!)

 

[Flying Toaster]

Awesome footage!

On a somewhat unrelated note the next video was pretty cool as well-

http://www.wimp.com/camerabirds/

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The Peregrine Falcon is impressive, but the Goshawk is unbelievable! I wish my brain worked that fast.