Whistle while you bomb

Bombs dropped from planes whistle because irregularities in their shape disrupt the airflow over them. In World War II , the average explosive dropped from a bomber was little more than a drum filled with high explosives. The British called them cookies and their shape created a good deal of wind noise. It was a sound that could have an extreme and detrimental psychological effect on those on the ground even if you werent blown to pieces in an aerial bombardment, the screams of the falling explosives were likely to turn your dreams to nightmares. The Germans were quick to take advantage of the terror with one of the most infamous Luftwaffe aircraft of World War II the Junkers Ju87. The Ju87 carried one 250kg bomb (later increased to 500kg) under its fuselage, four 50kg bombs under its wings and dived at a stomach-churning, heart-stopping angle of almost 90 degrees. But what the Germans did that was so horribly predatory was to fit the planes with a device called a Jericho siren, which created and amplified a wailing sound when the JU87 dived. So, whereas the Ju87s bombs (literally) had an impact only where they landed, the deafening wail from the planes had a dreadful and demoralising impact on everyone on the ground within earshot .