Battle Damaged Aircraft of WW2

GrauGeist · Jan 18, 2015

A Bf110 slowly slips beneath the waves...

Snautzer01 · Jan 18, 2015

Thats one of a series of pictures. This one is ditsching just before the coast of France

stug3 · Jan 19, 2015

Wurger · Jan 19, 2015

GrauGeist · Jan 20, 2015

Crewmen inspect battle damage on a Bf110. Note the damage to the port wing (between fuselage and engine nacelle) and it looks at though the starboard engine took damage due to the excessive oil.

Wurger · Jan 21, 2015

Wurger · Jan 28, 2015

The damaged Spitfire Mk.IIb P8342 UZ-N of the 306th Polish Squadron.

Gnomey · Jan 30, 2015

Good shots guys!

Wayne Little · Jan 31, 2015

yep, good stuff!

Snautzer01 · Jan 31, 2015

Wurger · Jan 31, 2015

Glider · Jan 31, 2015

How the heck he landed that I have no idea.

Aaron Brooks Wolters · Jan 31, 2015

I have not seen that one before.

Capt. Vick · Jan 31, 2015

Damn.

stug3 · Feb 1, 2015

To me this is a testament not only to the pilot, but also the Wright R-2600-20.

GrauGeist · Feb 2, 2015

Lt. King did a heck of a job keeping it airborn. Sadly, after he was hit by AA over Chichi Jima, he ordered his crew to bail out before he could recover control...they bailed out but he had regained control of the Avenger in the interim. They were never found.

Capt. Vick · Feb 2, 2015

That was the result of a mid-air and, I think, a testament to the once great Grumman Iron-Works.

GrauGeist · Feb 2, 2015

Capt. Vick said:
That was the result of a mid-air and, I think

More details here: http://www.ww2aircraft.net/forum/aircraft-pictures/tbm-avenger-damage-17489.html#post472170, but you're right, the other Avenger was hit by flak and collided with Lt. King's a/c...I mixed the two up

And completely agree about Grumman making tough aircraft!!

rochie · Feb 2, 2015

Amazing how he kept it under any sort of control at all and Grumman did really build them strong

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