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Gun footage in which the enemy fires back isn't usually kept.
If you show rookies image of the enemy firing back then there aren't as likely to try such effective (yet somewhat suicidal) approaches on the bomber's six. |
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I found the B17 getting shoot at by the ME110 a sad & poignant piece of film.
If there were crew in there, you are watching what could be their last moments, especially the tail gunner as that got a fair pounding. |
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The material was useful though for the Luftwaffe, finding weak spots in the aircraft, improving of accuracy for next sortie and more. |
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As far as I know BadAim, there's no alien life present here, so everything has to be nature, you'll see likewise events on Animal Planet, where the hunter hunts for the weakest prey and eats it, even though the prey could hardly resist himself or protect itself. |
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So comparing war to what you can see on Animal Planet is quite inappropriate imo. Back on topic - yes, there are some popular gun cam footages on YouTube and, as you can figure out reading comments below them, throughout the years various ppl asked the same question: why those gunners don't shoot back? Well, the answer is rather simple - they are dead or they're not there. Quote:
I might add that footage from fighters which were shot down during unsuccessful attacks is also discarded when the burning wreck hits the ground. |
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One reason - basic probability theory.
It's much more unlikely to see a guncam from a fighter, parked at close range on a dead 6 of an american heavy bomber with all defensive guns blazing at him simply because the probability of the fighter surviving such an encounter and bringing back the footage is much lower. Besides, yeah, its sad watching these planes getting shot to pieces - what a horrible moments for the crew, which was, correct me if I'm wrong, only trying to drop humanitarian aid to the civilians below. Sorry, but I find it very hard to find any compassion for any soldier in WW2 which was involved in killing civilians, regardless of the side they fought on and of the side of targetted civilians. |
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