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Re: "technical" question about a P-47 crash
You can look at it ballistically, using Newton's Laws of Motion. An object (in this case a bomb) launched at 250mph at an angle of 45 degrees, will fly for some 12 seconds before impacting some 2100ft away, still with considerable forward velocity i.e. it could carry on bouncing further. This is obviously idealised, with no losses due to drag, but shows that 400m is not unreasonable.
Numbers open to more thorough analysis...
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