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10-20-2008, 10:51 PM
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| Senior Member  Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Charleston, South Carolina
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| Battle Damaged Aircraft of WW2 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. |
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10-20-2008, 11:02 PM
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| Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Charleston, South Carolina
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| Here is another picture. This 385th BG B-17 was called "Honkey Tonk Sal". The aircraft was salvaged despite the massive tail damage received on a March 15 1944 mission |
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10-20-2008, 11:47 PM
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| Senior Member  Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Las Vegas, Nevada
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| A really good websight for battle damaged B-17's is Battle-Damaged B-17 Flying Fortresses: Intro page |
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10-21-2008, 02:42 AM
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| Senior Member  Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Manila, Philippines
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| Thanks Flyboy.
__________________  "I'm sure as hell not a killer, but combat flying is like a game, and a guy likes to come out on top." -Maj. George E. Preddy, killed on Christmas Day, 1944 |
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10-21-2008, 06:36 AM
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| Senior Member  Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Serbia
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| Nice pics and thanks for the websight Flyboy2. |
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10-21-2008, 08:28 AM
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| Senior Member  Join Date: May 2008 Location: New Zealand
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| Very nice photos,think that first ones B-17's avatar Nice link too!
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10-21-2008, 12:22 PM
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| Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Charleston, South Carolina
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| Here is one of a B-29 with engine damage. |
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10-21-2008, 03:32 PM
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| aka Dickcheese   Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Washington State
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| 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.
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10-21-2008, 03:55 PM
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| Senior Member  Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: New Jersey
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 | The first picture was my old icon |
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10-21-2008, 03:55 PM
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| Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: New Jersey
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| I mean new one....  |
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10-21-2008, 03:57 PM
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| Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: New Jersey
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| Here's my 2 cents ...first four pictures are a series of events |
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10-21-2008, 11:12 PM
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| Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Las Vegas, Nevada
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| That is crazy. I read a memoir called [U]A Distant Prayer[U] the man who wrote it was shot down by being hit by another planes bombs, destroying the aircraft. |
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10-24-2008, 08:57 PM
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| Junior Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Stockton, CA
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| battle damaged planes, and a battle damaged german pilot. Taken by my grandfather Calvin O. Krienke, a B-25 pilot *temporarily taken down Last edited by TheEarthquakers; 10-24-2008 at 09:54 PM. |
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10-24-2008, 09:28 PM
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| Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Las Vegas, Nevada
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| Was that second one down a P-40? |
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10-25-2008, 12:03 PM
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| Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: London
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| A poor scan but you can see the damage |
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