Battle of Britian BBC Page (Must See)

[JG52Krupi]

Just stumbled on this site.

http://howbigreally.com/dimension/worldwar2/

I looked at the SC500 blast radius and it would take out almost the entire village I live in

[JG52Uther]

I thought you lived in Bristol?

[JG52Krupi]

Originally Posted by JG52Uther

I thought you lived in Bristol?

Near enough, I wont tell you where for fear of revenge for all those times I "accidentally" crashed into your HE 111!

[Sternjaeger II]

Regarding the bomb blast radius, you have to keep into account the shelter provided by the buildings, that radius is "ideal" and accurate only on a field with no obstacles and for bombs that were fuzed to explode on impact.

Still, it would shatter quite some windows

[Skoshi Tiger]

Things could be worse

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DFJ2M...layer_embedded

[KG26_Alpha]

Hmm.............





According to two of my neighbours who have lived in my small "Victorian street (1895)" since the 1930's "wartime kids".

SC500 and SC250's did drop at the end of our road on heathland where flak emplacements were installed.

Some plaster* and glass damage was effected at radius of some 500 yards with the SC250,
a few weeks later an SC500 exploded near the same spot as the SC250,
this cracked the rear kitchen chimney stack on my house from around the same distance,
also removing/loosening the roof tiles as well as glass and more plaster* damage.

The only protection from the blast was a small copse of 50-60 ft trees between the heathland and the houses where the bombs fell.

A year or so later an SC50 damaged/demolished one of the houses in the street and left the surrounding ones undamaged.


According to that chart radius thingy ........... the whole street and surrounding area would have been blown up, I think it looks a bit too "enthusiastic" .


(* Plaster ceiling mouldings and cornices)






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[madcat]

Hi there

About a year ago to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the Blitz, Tony Robinson presented a TV series called Blitz Street where they reveals what it was like to live through the devastation and psychological torment of wartime Britain.

For the program they had a row of terraced houses common to 1940 Britain specially built on a remote military airbase and subjected to a dramatic range of large-scale explosions to recreate the effects of the bombs dropped by the Luftwaffe. Using scientific equipment and expert analysis of the historical context they detail the effects of each bomb, both physical and psychological.

I found this clip but couldn't find any thing full length, but it has been released on dvd here in the UK.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aIPwNYhLWsI