Battle Damaged Aircraft of WW2
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GrauGeist
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A Bf110 slowly slips beneath the waves...
Snautzer01
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- Mar 26, 2007
Thats one of a series of pictures. This one is ditsching just before the coast of France
stug3
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GrauGeist
Generalfeldmarschall zur Luftschiff Abteilung
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.
![Bf110_tail-damage[720].jpg](https://ww2aircraft.net/forum/attachments/bf110_tail-damage-720-jpg.282505/ "Bf110_tail-damage[720].jpg")
Good shots guys!
yep, good stuff!
Snautzer01
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How the heck he landed that I have no idea.
Aaron Brooks Wolters
Brigadier General
I have not seen that one before.
Damn.
stug3
Staff Sergeant
To me this is a testament not only to the pilot, but also the Wright R-2600-20.
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GrauGeist
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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.
That was the result of a mid-air and, I think, a testament to the once great Grumman Iron-Works.
GrauGeist
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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!!
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Amazing how he kept it under any sort of control at all and Grumman did really build them strong
