‘Nother gem from RealClearHistory, Bazooka Charlie the Nazi Killer....

https://warisboring.com/army-pilot-...anks-by-strapping-bazookas-to-his-plane/

Like the Vespa 150 TAP

God Bless the Great Warrior.


The days when real men walked the streets.

That was a story well worth reading. Thank you.

I don't see how that little plane could fly with those bazookas and ammo, plus his enormous balls!

good read birdy thanks

BU-181 with panzerfausts.

That's the old A9 Wartpig.

That man wanted in the war.

If that was in a work of fiction or movie, who would believe it?

Knocked out six German tanks with bazookas jury-rigged onto a Piper Cub, prob'ly about 100 mph (??) in the swoop down to target, Lord know how slow in the climb back out. No armor at all for the pilot.

Makes ya wonder if some Germans let him live because of his courage,

Birdy, flyboys find innovative ways to rule their kingdom, and have done so since the beginning. I appreciate the fellow's ingenuity and determination, but he did not patent those traits.

More on his exploits..... including two Tiger tanks. Other pilots tried to copy Carpenters but found it too suicidal.

https://www.wearethemighty.com/arti...ned-a-scout-plane-into-a-tank-buster/amp

Great story, Birdy.

Carpenter actually adopted the idea from other pilots and did then seek approval from Command Headquarters to do the same.

Carpenter in his own words seems to indicate that much of his success was possible because the Germans
typically did not go after Cubs , but as they learned of him, they would then open up on Cubs with everything they had.

Sometimes crazy works , many times it just gets you prematurely killed.

nothing ventured nothing gained they say..

BTW; do recall ever seeing the precursors to the modern heli-gunships, like the 1950s B47-H13 with bazookas,
or Brownings and rockets attached?....and the later (modified B47) Sioux Scout 207..?

https://medium.com/war-is-boring/th...icopter-gunships-on-a-napkin-c15c50b8a53

Rocky was known to fly with odd stuff hanging from his plane...

Desperation is the mother of invention so you do what's got to be done!

Bob F.

Dat's a fact!

And a few years later someone thought, "Hey, if they can mount bazookas on a Piper Cub why can't we put them on choppers? And Gatling guns? Cannons? I mean WTH, they're flyin' around at about the same speed and altitude."

The Piper Cub and Forgotten WWII History



Bob F.

American ingenuity drove the Germans nuts during WWII.

I think you’re just bummed out that you never got a chance to go after the Wehrmacht and take out Tigers and stuff.

OK, if we hustled up he cash to get you a Piper Cup and some fireworks, what targets would you go after today?

Two great videos tks.

Let's see here...small airplane, no armor, slow, and a few rockets.

Nah. Nobody would do anything that crazy. LOL!

Ah, the Grasshopper’s evil cousin.

Beginning March 1945, in an aircraft with almost twice the horsepower and almost twice as fast. They shoulda paid Bazooka Charlie royalties anyway.

Suicide missions to go against the Russians in those things tho, so no flies on the pilots.

Hey, you want crazy?

How about using a cargo plane for precision bombing?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BLU-82

a former client of mine, now deceased, flew one of those in europe during the war. he hit france day plus two, flying over the channel. Didn't have a gas guage, had a cork floating in a glass vial to indicate gas levels.
he had some interesting stories, like landing at what he thought was an abandoned luftwaffe base, and taxing up to the hangers when he noticed they grey uniforms running towards him, oh oh.
when they took sauer, germany he pocketed a little 38h pistol, stuck it in his duffle bag. next day he got shot from ground fire, about a year in the hospital. couple years after the war his duffle bag showed up, pistol still in it. brand new off the assembly line. He did let me take it a part and clean it, eventually went to his son.
Bob was a great guy.

No worries, I read your book.

I'm pretty sure you've met the requirements of the Bazooka Charlie Club

300 times, birdie.

Used to carry contraband into a penal facility when I was in 3rd grade. aka Hodge elementery in Savannah Ga

Bazooka gum.

I think it was surplus from WW2

that white powder inside the wrapper was cyanide in case we got busted.

We had the same thing in England, prob'ly surplus surplus, with secret messages encoded in Bazooka Joe comics. Mostly we wondered WTF was "baseball"?

You might qualify to be Club President of the Utah Chapter, I dunno.