Timeline for Why did US Navy WW2 torpedoes detonate at the end of their run?
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| May 30, 2018 at 19:41 | comment | added | Luiz | good link. It is obviously a situational issue. It supposes the friendlies can locate the crash site, can see that it is more or less intact and not just a fireball, can see that the pilot is not there, and still find time to do it after a battle! Not easy or often done! I believe that orders like these japanese had about the Akutan Zero are common - but not expected to be fulfilled often. | |
| May 29, 2018 at 9:54 | comment | added | DevSolar | @njuffa: "Koga's wingmen, circling above, had orders to destroy any Zeros that crash-landed in enemy territory, but as they did not know if Koga was still alive, they could not bring themselves to strafe his plane." | |
| May 29, 2018 at 9:26 | comment | added | njuffa | @DevSolar: That is a useful link which would make a great addition to the answer. It offers confirmation for the first four paragraphs, which are not seriously in doubt. I still find the last paragraph pretty implausible. | |
| May 29, 2018 at 8:19 | comment | added | DevSolar | @njuffa: For example ref. the Akutan Zero. This was, of course, situational. | |
| May 29, 2018 at 5:16 | comment | added | njuffa | This sounds plausible to me except for the last paragraph (which I have serious doubts about based on a reasonable knowledge of air attacks in Germany during WW2). Adding some references would improve this answer. | |
| May 28, 2018 at 17:39 | history | answered | Luiz | CC BY-SA 4.0 |