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Originally Posted by swiss
Got any sources that this ever happened?
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Bombs going through ships - there's plenty.
Skipped bombs going through smaller vessels - I've once read a pilot account about that. The claim is technically sound. I've never bothered to look into damage reports for each of the thousands of smaller vessels that got damaged in WW2 to see how often it actually happened.
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For what it's worth, releasing the bombs 60 feet before the ship means that the aiming point would be 60 feet before the ship. As Caspar has correctly pointed out, it is impossible to hit an object on the ground if you release the bomb from level flight at 250 feet just 60 feet away. You'd have to fly at about 10 knots to make that work.