Poor B17

[uptown]

This gave me the creeps when the ball turret got hit. It must of been pure hell inside that bomber. http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=9ec_1251930624

[Yeager]

Looked like an AFK attack to me.

German must have been highly frustrated at being unable to bring down an empty bomber, clearly seperated from from formation, at such close range.

[oakranger]

Lazy tail and ball gunner.  Just sat there watch the 110 shooting at them.

[maddafinga]

I can almost hear the guy now on range.... "I put half my clip into that 17 and landed hits everywhere and he still didn't go down.  This damage model is bs!"

[Spikes]

You know I was thinking..."great damage model in favor of the 17"

[Hap]

Lazy tail and ball gunner.  Just sat there watch the 110 shooting at them.

pfft.  shame on you!

[John Curnutte]

 You can only imagine the stark terror inside that 17 , its almost disturbing . And not 1 twinkle of the tail guns unless the poor guy was toasted before the film .
The ball turret well all that can be said is OMG .
                                                                  Nutte

[GFShill]

Notice the angle of the ball turret gun. That guy was dead before the 110 even got to co-alt.  Either that or they had already pulled him out.  Either way, I'm guessing the tail, ball, and waist gunners bought the farm.

[Raptor]

I don't know if it was the film or not, but saw dark figure appear at B17 and drop off frame, kinda looked like someone bail/fall.

[Swager]

There looked to be two ball turrets, that would make it a YB-40 type B-17.  I looked again, it looks like the chin turret.  The chin turret is moving at the end of the clip.

[1pLUs44]

You're making jokes, but if there was someone in that ball turret, they were certainly killed. Not to mention, anyone else who could have been hit in the fuselage.

[Getback]

That was brutal! yet the b17 was still flying. Guess we can't complain about how many rounds are need to take out a 17 in AH.

[Shuffler]

The 17 was an amazing aircraft.



That said..... it was not near as amazing as the gentlemen who rode inside her.

Because we see simular instances in Ah we forget that this film is not a game and that lives are being lost as we watch.

    

[ToeTag]

I feel for the guys that were there...but I get more hits than that guy did and still get popped by the rear guns.

[lyric1]

I was looking at the local B17 being rebuilt here in Urbana Ohio a few days ago & the ball Turret was being worked on while I was there. http://www.b17project.com/index.php?option=com_wrapper&Itemid=44 The hatch to get in & out of is extremely small & the only way the gunner can transition in & out is when the guns are pointing straight down vertical. Based off the video I would say the gunners where out of there positions.

Also in the very bottom left hand corner at the beginning of the clip it looks as if the plane is about to cross coast line & heading out to sea? My best guess a crippled plane trying to get home at a reasonably low level & was pounced.