Battle Damaged Aircraft of WW2 (1 Viewer)

[comiso90]

Here is one of a B-29 with engine damage.

I bet it's not battle damage. B29 engines like to overheat and catch fire

 

[B-17engineer]

Yes there are many incidents when they caught fire on the runway......because of overheating engines

 

[Junkers88A1]

the one that was rammed by a 109 ( over tunisia if i remember right ) with the dead pilot onboard broke in two after landing.. the really hero there was the tailgunner who refused to leave his station and stayed put the rest of the flight back home

 

[B-17engineer]

You are correct!

 

[Junkers88A1]

here is a nice painting of the inncident

 

[B-17engineer]

Very cool thanks for that picture!

 

[B-17engineer]

More!

 

[Junkers88A1]

my pleasure..does small battledamege count ? i think thisone is kinda cute..its from a Ju 88 wingtip.. nice little patch in the tip..hehe probably small arms fire..i use it as s shelf in my workroom

 

[Junkers88A1]

your pics here is a GREAT tribute to Boeing and the quality of the machines they made ( and makes ) keep it up. !!!!

 

[B-17engineer]

my pleasure..does small battledamege count ? i think thisone is kinda cute..its from a Ju 88 wingtip.. nice little patch in the tip..hehe probably small arms fire..i use it as s shelf in my workroom

and
Thanks


for a lot more pictures look here.

Battle-Damaged B-17 Flying Fortresses: Contents

 

[drgondog]

My father's Jane VI - March 22, 1945 strafing Memingen A/F near Munich.

Either 37mm or 40mm flak hit on rudder. Allegedly he recovered from a snap roll after this hit.

In all he received flak damage on four Mustangs that he brought back to England - and one he left behind enemy lines in France. Four belly landings of the five.

This was the only 'normal' landing of the five

 

[comiso90]

My father's Jane VI - March 22, 1945 strafing Memingen A/F near Munich.

Either 37mm or 40mm flak hit on rudder. Allegedly he recovered from a snap roll after this hit.

In all he received flak damage on four Mustangs that he brought back to England - and one he left behind enemy lines in France. Four belly landings of the five.

This was the only 'normal' landing of the five

 

[RabidAlien]

Couple of shots:

 

[Trebor]

3rd picture from the bottom up, what BG is that!?

 

[CATCH 22]

the one that was rammed by a 109 ( over tunisia if i remember right ) with the dead pilot onboard broke in two after landing.. the really hero there was the tailgunner who refused to leave his station and stayed put the rest of the flight back home

Junkers88A1,
no offense, but the story of "All American" is slightly different.
Below a copy from the Osprey's # 38 "B-17 Flying Fortress units of the MTO".

 

[109ROAMING]

Amazing

Those B-24 shots are really moving

 

[RabidAlien]

3rd picture from the bottom up, what BG is that!?

Wish I knew, man. Sorry. If I remember correctly, I did a search at images.google.com for "Ploesti", and managed to find a link into the Nat'l Archives. Musta downloaded a hundred pics that night!

 

[Trebor]

aw dang

well, it could just be me, but the tails of the '24s look almost exactly like the 44th BG

 

[Graeme]

Clipped Hurricane after "a collision with an enemy aircraft."

 

[109ROAMING]

Nice photo