Author Topic: 20mm v Beaufighter armoured windscreen (Read 1152 times)

Trikky · « **on:** December 24, 2006, 01:34:12 PM »

Picked myself up an edition of 'The Strike Wings - special anti-shipping squadrons 1942-45' by R Nesbit which has this startling photo in it, taken by Wg Cdr F E Burton (hope I'm not doing a copyright infringement here).

I'm guessing it was a head on situation, on a Beaufighter TFX, so pretty brave of the German facing 4 Hispano's. The pilot of the Beaufighter was 'temporarily blinded by dust and splinters' and if it were me, screaming like a banshee, but managed to land safely back at base. Incredible.

Edit, on further reading, could have been 20mm AA fire from a vessel based gunner

Viking · « **Reply #1 on:** December 24, 2006, 01:41:40 PM »

If they were on an anti-shipping mission as the book title might suggest, I'm guessing that 20mm came from a ship mounted flak gun.

Pooh21 · « **Reply #2 on:** December 24, 2006, 02:55:59 PM »

as he flew away the flak gunner screamed "h4x0r!!" over 200

Trikky · « **Reply #3 on:** December 24, 2006, 04:02:40 PM »

Thats a good un Pooh

Yoshimbo · « **Reply #4 on:** December 24, 2006, 04:45:53 PM »

HOLY ****!!!

F***ING HO n00b!

Ball · « **Reply #5 on:** December 25, 2006, 05:54:16 AM »

if that had been a 7.7mm he would have had an insta-pilot wound.

good thing that it was only a 20mm.

SAS_KID · « **Reply #6 on:** December 26, 2006, 03:36:37 AM »

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Originally posted by Ball
if that had been a 7.7mm he would have had an insta-pilot wound.

good thing that it was only a 20mm.

the gunner probably called up the enemy and said turn off your deflector sheilds.

NoQtr · « **Reply #7 on:** December 26, 2006, 07:11:58 AM »

That's a lucky pilot that didn't lose his head.

mussie · « **Reply #8 on:** December 26, 2006, 01:01:15 PM »

Dont know about the rest of you but on landing I would have asked for a new windscreen and a new pair of jocks.........

Guppy35 · « **Reply #9 on:** December 26, 2006, 01:30:25 PM »

A couple more examples.

A Spitfire I from the B of B time frame after taking a hit head on from a 109E

A P38J after taking a hit in the cockpit glass. My AH 38G never survives those hits

mussie · « **Reply #10 on:** December 26, 2006, 01:37:52 PM »

Man imagine having you screen shatter like that in game....

Would make for an interesting landing

Apeking · « **Reply #11 on:** December 26, 2006, 06:31:50 PM »

"A Spitfire I from the B of B time frame after taking a hit head on from a 109E"

Bloody Luftwaffe HO dweebs. This is why the RAF brought the Hurricane IIC into service, so that these dastardly Luftwaffe chaps couldn't pull that kind of damn Hun trick any more.

okiebob · « **Reply #12 on:** December 26, 2006, 10:44:10 PM »

lol i would hate to be these pilots...

mussie · « **Reply #13 on:** December 27, 2006, 08:37:50 PM »

I would hate to do their laundry

Ball · « **Reply #14 on:** December 28, 2006, 02:56:59 AM »

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Originally posted by Guppy35
A couple more examples.

A Spitfire I from the B of B time frame after taking a hit head on from a 109E

Interesting rear view mirror on that spit - not seen one like that before