Author Topic: Massive damage from a single 20mm shell to a B17 - survivor's story  (Read 929 times)

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Massive damage from a single 20mm shell to a B17 - survivor's story
« Reply #15 on: January 06, 2006, 02:06:58 PM »
Most likely a 30mm round hitting it with all the small holes from the 'after effect frag' maybe from a oxygen tank or such.  20mm wouldn't do that much damage from internal pressure unless it hit something that would cause the frag.
I wonder about the size though as he says 'two men could fit in it'?  Is he talking where the wing meets the main body?  Wish we could see a picture, those things are a sight to see being able to land with all the damage they sometimes took.
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