Battle Damaged Aircraft of WW2

[toadrobot]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

A6M

...crash test unsuccessfull

 

[BC1]

Here's another good one:

BC

 

[Njaco]

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[GrauGeist]

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]

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

 

[Capt. Vick]

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

 

[Capt. Vick]

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]

WOW!!!

 

[GrauGeist]

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]

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

 

[N4521U]

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

 

[B-17engineer]

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[johnbr]

The poor tail Gunner.

 

[Njaco]

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]

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.