ExplosionWWII bomber blown up by its own experimental bouncing "speedee" bomb at low altitude

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[–]Oneda 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

It bounced and exploded quickly. Experiment was successful.

[–]ElonMuskOfficial[S] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I know you were joking, but the title is actually slightly misleading now that I read it again. The bomb bounces up and completely destroys the tail fins which causes the plane to crash as a result of instability and no time to react. You can see the undetonated bomb is still flying at the end before it's blocked by debris. I suppose in the end, the plane was blown up by the bomb, but not in the way most people would expect.