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Offline Duckwing6

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« Reply #15 on: February 06, 2001, 03:47:00 AM »
can't help but the eggs look awfully fake... thesy should look like:

   
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Frosty1

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« Reply #16 on: February 06, 2001, 09:32:00 AM »
Anyone seen that picture of the B17 horizontal stab being hit by a bomb from a B17 above it?

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Offline Suave1

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« Reply #17 on: February 06, 2001, 09:54:00 AM »
That photo is also in the Osprey book, Fw 190 Aces of the Western Front . The caption reads, "Diving away after carrying out a stern quarter attack, this "Long Nose" was captured on film by B-26 Marauders of the 9th AF seconds after they had released their bombs during a mission over the Western Front in December 1944 .
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« Reply #18 on: February 06, 2001, 10:03:00 AM »
Thats RAM and a bunch of RAMlettes

 
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Jay_76

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« Reply #19 on: February 06, 2001, 11:08:00 AM »
 
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Originally posted by Frosty1:
Anyone seen that picture of the B17 horizontal stab being hit by a bomb from a B17 above it?



Yup... I have it in the WW2 Time-Life series of books.  Think its the Air War over Europe
one.  In my book, its a series of three pics taken in succession from the bomber who dropped.  The lower buff, out of formation, is seen before impact, during, and then banking away following.  Quite scary, if you think about it.

Jay.
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« Reply #20 on: February 06, 2001, 11:45:00 AM »
 
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Originally posted by Jay_76:

Yup... I have it in the WW2 Time-Life series of books.  Think its the Air War over Europe
one.  In my book, its a series of three pics taken in succession from the bomber who dropped.  The lower buff, out of formation, is seen before impact, during, and then banking away following.  Quite scary, if you think about it.

Jay.

This series of photos is actually several frames of motion picture film shot by a combat cameraman along on the mission.

The B-17 in question crashed. However, this was not due to losing the left horizontal stabilizer, it was due to the remaining elevator being jammed in the down position by the mangled remains of the other (the cables were obviously still attached).

B-17s could fly rather well missing one of the horizontal stabilizers, and more than a dozen returned from missions with on shot away or chopped off by a collision with a Luftwaffe fighter.

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Widewing
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My regards,

Widewing

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« Reply #21 on: February 06, 2001, 03:04:00 PM »
Let me guess...
   
 
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Dat jugs bro.

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« Reply #22 on: February 06, 2001, 04:27:00 PM »
Question for you Widewing..

I saw a show on TV that mentioned that B17 and they said that it crashed. Thats all they said about it actually. What I was wondering is did any of the crew bail and survive?

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