Damage sound still nowhere?

[5./JG27.Farber]

Originally Posted by JG52Krupi

Oh you definitely hear it, all the autobiographies I have read mention the sound of hits.

The sound would resonate from the impact.

I suppose the airframe is essentailly hollow esspecially the cockpit which could give some acoustic effects.

What did they actually hear though? - rounds impacting or stractural things breaking? Did they hear it of feel it? Which part of the aircraft did it hit and how bad was the damage?

What about the aircraft that came back that the pilot heard nothing and it had a massive hole in it?

What about the BoB pilots that got bounced and didnt hear or see anything?


If you ride a motorbike at 100 mph with a helmet on and scream as loud as you can you can hardly hear yourself - and thats comming from inside your own head! If you are listening to a walkman or something you can hardly tell its music let alone which tune it is when its on full volume. I think, at low speeds or in the apex of a stall as you start to dive after a full climb you hear it but maybe not when going over a certain speed, depending on the amount/size of rounds and the damage.

Hurricane for example, rounds can pass straight through the dope and canvass! - would that make a sound that you could hear in flight?