It is almost impossible to tell the direction of the bomb just by screaming, so it may fly directly to you or land at a distance of 120 yards.
In addition, the flight time of these bombs is relatively short, so even if you hear the wailing sound when the bombs fall, there is not much time to react or escape.
The whistle may have given you enough warning to hide, or you may fall to the ground and cover your head, but that's all.
Germany also has a special fighter called Stuka, which is designed to make a harsh whistle when diving.
This has the same effect as a falling bomb, but it can last longer. It can also be seen from the design of the plane that this whistle is intended to scare people.
Whistle physics
For people who pay attention to details, the description of bomb falling in Hollywood movies is usually incorrect.
When the bomb is dropped, the whistle will sound, and the pilot will hear that the tone will start to increase, and then the tone will decrease when he leaves the signal source; This is the classic "Hoo ... Boom!" You may have heard the sound effects in movies or cartoons.
However, this "classic" bomb falling sound is heard by the pilot on the plane, not by people on the ground.
In fact, due to the Doppler effect, when the whistle bomb quickly approaches the earth, the tone of the whistle will rise, just like the whistle screaming when it approaches you.
In other words, the whistle will reach the highest pitch before landing, and there are few such sound effects in film and television dramas! Maybe the acoustics are not good.