Battle Damaged Aircraft of WW2 (1 Viewer)

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beaupower32

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Im wanting to show the other side of the war with planes that came home with heavy battle damage. Any Nation can go in here, and lets see what kind of pics people can come up with. I will start with this one.


A rocket fired by an enemy fighter inflicted this damage on "The Sack" a B-17 of the 379th Group. A 14-inch fragment of the rocket tore the pants off of the turret gunner without hurting him.
 
It's a wonder that engine didn't separate. Must have been quick work by the pilots to shut her down. Not the heat damage to the aluminum. I would have thought that the tires would be flat. Good pic.
 
Here's my 2 cents ...first four pictures are a series of events
 

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That is crazy.
I read a memoir called A Distant Prayer the man who wrote it was shot down by being hit by another planes bombs, destroying the aircraft.
 
How did the plane make it back ?? More.....
 

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More......
 

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THe last one was rammed by a German fighter with a dead pilot


One More!
 

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