Generals BANNED His Skip Bomb Tactic - Until He Smashed A Destroyer At Wave Top Level

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The B-17 Flying Fortress was designed to destroy targets from 25,000 feet. The reality? They couldn't hit a moving ship to save their lives. In 1943, the math said the Fifth Air Force was wasting bombs and risking crews for zero results. General George Kenney and Major "Pappy" Gunn didn't care about the math—or the regulations. They realized the only way to sink a transport was to look it in the eye. By stripping a bomber of its defense and flying at suicidal altitudes, they turned the ocean's surface into a weapon. This is the story of "Skip Bombing," the unauthorized tactic that turned the Bismarck Sea into a graveyard.

Generals BANNED His Skip Bomb Tactic - Until He Smashed A Destroyer At Wave Top Level

✅ In this video:
-Why high-altitude bombing failed against Japanese shipping
-The "Mad Scientist" mods: Turning a glass nose into a gun battery
-General Kenney's war against the Washington "experts"
-The Physics of Death: How to skip a 500lb bomb like a stone
-The Battle of the Bismarck Sea: The tactic's ultimate test

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