The development of skip-bombing

Kyt · Mar 22, 2009

GW, it is the power of google, and faaaaaaar too much time on our hands

spidge · Mar 22, 2009

Kyt said: ↑

Though, off the top of my head, I can't state who developed/perfected aerial skip-bombing, the idea of "skipping" was not new. It was used during Nelson's time when it was discovered that bouncing cannon balls between the ships meant that they hit at the water level, this causing damage and the possibility of flooding. It was this idea that lead Barnes Wallis to develop the bouncing bomb - and not skipping stones on ponds as implyed in the Dambusters film.
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In the film, Barnes Wallis said (or close too it):

Nelson used to pitch his cannon balls rather short - about two-thirds of the distance between his guns and the target. There was some evidence to suggest that at the Battle of the Nile he despatched the French flagship, L'Orient, with a "yorker"
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Kyt · Mar 22, 2009

Ah cheers Spidge. Though I have it on DVD it's been a while since I've watched it, so had forgotten he made mentionof Nelson

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