Battle Damaged Aircraft of WW2
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Matt308
Glock Perfection
Very cool. I love the clear pics of the Hornisse.
vikingBerserker
Lieutenant General
Thats gott stink to crash at take off. Great pics!
Pong
Staff Sergeant
Interesting pics of the Me 410, BP. Thanks for sharing.
vikingBerserker
Lieutenant General
WOW, the headrest shot would make you change your drawers.
vikingBerserker
Lieutenant General
How the heck did they land the plane in the first pic? Very cool shot.
Assuming you were referring to the picture of the Hudson and not the Ju 88 with parts of its propellers missing posted by v2, the answer, I would imagine, is "with great flying skill and a lot of luck" !
Unfortunately I do not have any info on it other than it is an RAF Coastal Command Hudson which hit the sea whilst low-flying but managed to RTB with one propeller badly bent and damage to the underside.
I have another pic in a book showing a Do 217 from KG.66 which RTB with one propeller badly bent after it hit the surface of the North Sea during a night sortie over England but managed to stay airborne.
v2, any additional gen on your first picture ?
BC
Unfortunately I do not have any info on it other than it is an RAF Coastal Command Hudson which hit the sea whilst low-flying but managed to RTB with one propeller badly bent and damage to the underside.
I have another pic in a book showing a Do 217 from KG.66 which RTB with one propeller badly bent after it hit the surface of the North Sea during a night sortie over England but managed to stay airborne.
v2, any additional gen on your first picture ?
BC
vikingBerserker
Lieutenant General
No I was referring to the first Ju 88 in post 269. Half of all the propellers on the starboard side have been chopped in half, and the same looks like it on the port side.
vikingBerserker: Sorry, thought you meant the Hudson. I am sure I have got a very similar picture of a Ju 88 which had a wooden prop blade fly off into the side of the nose. I had a few more which Ed West found on eBay but I lost a few in a 'crash' two years ago. I may have it on a CD and will look over Christmas.
drgondog: Can you please identify your father (i.e. his name and rank) and his P-51 unit when the 22 March 1945 incident took place ? I'd like to include the picture in my slide show and would appreciate a few more details if possible.
antoni: The same picture of Wellington IV Z1407 "Zoska" appears on P123 of "The Wellington Bomber" by Chaz Bowyer, but he gives the pilot as one Flt Lt Marian Wlodarczyk ? Who is right ?
A few more:
Regards,
BC
drgondog: Can you please identify your father (i.e. his name and rank) and his P-51 unit when the 22 March 1945 incident took place ? I'd like to include the picture in my slide show and would appreciate a few more details if possible.
antoni: The same picture of Wellington IV Z1407 "Zoska" appears on P123 of "The Wellington Bomber" by Chaz Bowyer, but he gives the pilot as one Flt Lt Marian Wlodarczyk ? Who is right ?
A few more:
Regards,
BC
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vikingBerserker
Lieutenant General
WOW< that last shot is something.
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beaupower32
Tech Sergeant
Yeah, that has to be a cannon round to tear a hole that big into it. Dont think it would be 30mm though.
Could have be caused by an AA shell before it detonated at a higher altitude.
Airframes
Benevolens Magister
The shot of the hole in the top of the B24 I think is possibly of damage from a flak round, but very possibly from aircraft fire though, and either 13mm or 20mm. The projectile entered from below and detonated on or during exit. Note how the metal is bent upwards, and the splinter damage around the periphery.
Matt308
Glock Perfection
A cannon shell will not detonate until the contact fuse is activated.
Assuming the shell is conservatively travelling at 2500ft/sec, if the fuse is activated and detonates the explosive in 0.00005sec (or 5/100,000 thousands of a second) the shell will not detonate until 1.5in below the aluminum skin. So possibly an upper cannon shot from a fighter.
Assuming the shell is conservatively travelling at 2500ft/sec, if the fuse is activated and detonates the explosive in 0.00005sec (or 5/100,000 thousands of a second) the shell will not detonate until 1.5in below the aluminum skin. So possibly an upper cannon shot from a fighter.
