09.10.2009, 23:01
Nothing rare about that footage, really. I've seen it on just about every air war documentary, and every old 1950's war movie. That was back in the days before CGI, when they used old WW2 films to show combat scenes. It was quick and cheap. They used to overdo it, though. The same films over and over...
Yeah, that's an F6F jumping in front of another F6F. The smoke is the poacher blasting away as dives on the Zeke. Not him being hit. Fifty caliber slugs make big flashes of light when they hit their target, in those old films. The Grumman would have been lighting up like a Christmas tree if he'd been taking hits.
Yeah, that's an F6F jumping in front of another F6F. The smoke is the poacher blasting away as dives on the Zeke. Not him being hit. Fifty caliber slugs make big flashes of light when they hit their target, in those old films. The Grumman would have been lighting up like a Christmas tree if he'd been taking hits.