B-17F_Destroyed_by_Me-262

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  Monkeyfume

• Apr 23, 2015

Impossible. This looks like a direct flak hit, not autocannon shell damage.

 

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  Chip B.

• Nov 23, 2016

Aerosol fuel ignition in a depleted wing tank from a canon shell, maybe? The elevators are all shot to bupkiss too. Something sure blew the wing off. Hope the crew managed to jump.

 

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  johnbr

• Nov 23, 2016

Got the photo from the USAF web site.

 

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  Chip B.

• Nov 23, 2016

Good grab. No small wonder they are called the greatest generation.

 

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  cryptofix

• Dec 28, 2017

Wow! Was this taken in 1944 or 1945? I can't imagine a Me-262 doing this. Then again, I could be wrong.