Water landings are said to be near impossible to pull off for anything but hydroplanes (see also: the Hudson miracle) and yet water bombers do it as a matter of routine. How do they keep from crashing (or at least, losing so much speed that they can’t just climb again after scooping up the water) as soon as they hit water?
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It’s not near impossible, just difficult and risky. Water landings also get easier the smaller the plane is and the slower it’s moving. There’s a good video of a guy ditching a WW2 bomber in shallow water along a Florida beach a few years ago.
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