KandyToys Flying Whistle Bomb 28cm PU Foam Flying Missile Beach Toy

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Some historians and soldiers argue that the whistling was intended to warn civilians of the coming danger, so they could have time to take cover or run away, but that theory falls apart when you look at the physics of such a sound. It would be nearly impossible to tell what direction the bomb was coming from by the wail alone, so it could be headed straight for you, or might land 120 yards away. Furthermore, those bomb flight times would be relatively short, so even if you did hear the wailing cry of a falling bomb, you would have very little time to react or “run away”. The whistle may have given enough warning to cover could be taken, or you could fall to the ground and cover your head, but that’s about it.

The container of the type illustrated in Figures 47 and 48, marked in red either "MARK 500 BODEN" or "MARK 500" or "ABB 500 M 10 " is used to carry ten of the small flares type (iv). Alternatively nine of these flares and 6 small anti-personnel bombs may be carried, in which case the outer containers are marked "MARK 500 BODEN in red followed by "6 SD 2" in white underneath. Suspended close to the balloon may be found a small canister, of ordinary tin colour, 8 in. diameter and 9 in. long with lengths of string or wire which may amount to a total of 1,000 feet attached. The contents of these canisters (shown suspended at the bottom of Fig. 77) are harmless unless exposed to a naked flame. The German balloon measures about 4 ft. long when deflated and weighs from 1 to 2 lb. The Germans have also used balloons of French manufacture, similar in construction to the British type. The distinguishing features mentioned above may, therefore, not always be present. Suddenly the noise stopped and the plane dived into the ground with a huge explosion. It must have been one of the first German V1 flying bombs. As 1944 came by the spring we saw all too many of these dreadful machines flying overhead. We got used to listening where the noise was coming from and if it was close, getting into shelter or even diving to the ground. They were very much a horizontal blast hazard, with a tonne of high explosive in the nose. All are painted bright green. No. 5—Pull igniter No. 6—fuzed in tail. Nos. 11 and 15—fired electrically.The change in the pitch of sound was due to the Doppler effect. When the bomb is dropped from the airplane, the velocity of the bomb goes on increasing due to gravity until it reaches its terminal velocity. As the bomb approaches towards the ground, the pitch increases and thus the “kooouuuueeee” sound. Does it make sense but? i) The 4 lb. smoke bomb, usually dropped in the small bomb container holding 42 bombs, is a small metal cylinder 7·8 in. long and 3·7 in. diameter with a bakelite dome and is painted light green. But I can tell you - nobody who has ever heard that whistling noise will ever forget it. I am nearly 81, and I was 8 at the time, and I can remember it all too well.

c) A sheet metal collar may be welded to the case between the filling cap and the shoulder. The collar, which is often painted red, is drilled and tapped to take 8 screws. Yes I can tell you from personal experience also I was six years old we lived in Haverton Hill, County Durham, England, there was a lot of heavy industry in that area including Dorman & long steel works, the ICI Imperial chemical industries, However, by designing bombs that had a whistle-like attachment, the Germans were utilizing psychological warfare as much as physical warfare. The whistle became associated with death from above, and since the bombing raids in London and other European cities were often done in the middle of the night, that wailing cry became a nightmare-inducing and anxiety-striking sound. Survivors of the London bombing still remember those hauntingwhistles of death from their underground shelters. iv) A device which is slung between twin cables in an open metal frame shaped somewhat like a bicycle saddle 20 in. long and which consists of a dark green box-shaped bomb about 6 in. square and 3 in. deep (see Fig. 81).APPENDIX C INDEX TO CODE LETTERS AND MARKINGS OF ENEMY MISSILES AND ABBREVIATIONS USED IN REPORTING

Whenever an object is falling from the sky towards a character, it is often accompanied by a high pitched whistling tone that both increases in volume and decreases in pitch as the object approaches the ground. It is usually heard while a Shadow of Impending Doom engulfs said character. May be accompanied by a Stuka Scream or a dust cloud.One of the pilots flying in to Dien Bien Phu during the French efforts to defeat the Viet Minh would, so the story goes, drop empty bottles out of the plane because they sounded like falling bombs to the Vietnamese besiegers. Aircrews performing nighttime raids in World War II would get up to similar hijinks to harass the enemy. This sound is played in Heavy Weapon as soon as a bomb is dropped by any enemy aircraft. Yes, when the bomb comes out of the airplane, no less. There is usually little difficulty in distinguishing between a parachute mine and a bomb since the former has no tail vanes and its rear end is likely to be found open. There is, however, obviously more likelihood of confusion with the parachute bomb, and the distinguishing features to be borne in mind are the latter's oval shape and its characteristic parachute, which is of a different shape, size and colour from that used for mines (see Section I ( a) (vi) and Figures 9A and 9B). Incendiary bombs with the explosive charge in the tail, irrespective of whether the nose plug is electron or steel, are known to the Germans as type A, viz.: B 1 EZ–A and B 1.3 EZ–A respectively. These are distinguishable by a red-painted A on the nose and a stamped Z (= delayed action bomb) on the shoulder of the bomb. The A was later omitted but the Z retained. The parachutes may be white, red or camouflage colouring and bear the mark " Kurt Peterhansel." A flare parachute, however, has been reported marked " Nicolaus," and other markings may be found.