Battle Damaged Aircraft of WW2

toadrobot · Jan 17, 2011

Junkers88A1 said:
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

CUTE?? How cool is it that you have a Ju88 wingtip as a shelf??? lol The only thing better would be to have tablelegs made of .50 cals

Aaron Brooks Wolters · Jan 17, 2011

I have an ashtray my grandfather made out of 50 cal rounds and the center hammered from brass. I will see if I can find it.

GrauGeist · Jan 17, 2011

toadrobot said:
CUTE?? How cool is it that you have a Ju88 wingtip as a shelf??? lol The only thing better would be to have tablelegs made of .50 cals

.50 cal casings are pretty dang small to be making table legs with, but my Grandmother has two living room lamps made from WWII Naval artillery brass...

toadrobot · Jan 18, 2011

gepp said:
yes its the gunner i wasnt sure if it was ok to post.

Wow. there have been some pretty crazy pics, but that one takes the cake.. Does anyone know who survived? i guess Ill have to read on

bobbysocks · Jan 18, 2011

Aaron Brooks Wolters said:
I have an ashtray my grandfather made out of 50 cal rounds and the center hammered from brass. I will see if I can find it.

i used to have 50 cal salt and pepper shakers my dad brought back. lost to poor dumb young youth (mine!!!)

PatCartier · Jan 27, 2011

A6M

...crash test unsuccessfull

BC1 · Jan 30, 2011

Here's another good one:

BC

Njaco · Feb 2, 2011

GrauGeist · Feb 3, 2011

Is it me, or do those markings (insignia assignment) on the fuselage look hand drawn on the photo you just posted? Aside from that, that's a horrible moment caught in time

Here's another, an 8th AF B-17 victim of a bomb striking the wing from above...

Njaco · Feb 3, 2011

I agree. and it was originally backwards when I found it.

Capt. Vick · Feb 3, 2011

Wow! I have this on a postcard, maybe I can check and see if the markings are the same.

Capt. Vick · Feb 4, 2011

This is a Photo Post Card on Kodak paper that I picked-up somewhere on my travels. The caption on the back reads (I think - It's hand written):

"Not enough parts to get home B-17G Moiseberg(?), Fall 1944"

Aaron Brooks Wolters · Feb 4, 2011

WOW!!!

GrauGeist · Feb 4, 2011

Dang...it's the same B-17, so I wonder if someone (who may have been there) penned the star letters on in an attempt to ID that bomber?

Crimea_River · Feb 4, 2011

That picture's reversed. Star and bar on the wrong side. The P in the triangle on the wing indicates 384th Bomb Group.

N4521U · Feb 4, 2011

If it's a Print, it could have been printed negative wrong side up is all. Amazing picture.

B-17engineer · Feb 4, 2011

johnbr · Feb 5, 2011

The poor tail Gunner.

Njaco · Feb 5, 2011

The B-17 I posted I switched to the other way because the letters were wrong. That was me. But somebody apparently has been messing with the print. Looks like Capt V has the correct pic.

Gnomey · Feb 5, 2011

Yeah they are the same but reversed and tapered with for some reason. Can't see why you would feel the need to do that, my guess would be someone was trying to 'claim copyright' over it.

Still horrific shots, got to feel for the crews of those bombers.

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