Damaged Warplane Thread

[R-2800]

Place where you can post all the damaged warplane photos you can find, it can be any era or country

can't forget this one!

Halifax II MZ559 at Old Buckenham - 3 Sep '44 after being hit by 1,000lb bomb over Venlo 2

 

[Chingachgook]

Cool. That first image is from my Dad's cousins plane - He was tail gunner on Dottie Jane when they took that 88 hit. He took some shrapnel wounds.

He died about a year ago.

Details at 447th Bomb Group

Here is the underside...

 

[Chingachgook]

... underside of Dottie Jane

 

[Chingachgook]

This is my all-time favorite aircraft image of ww2 (and my former avatar).

Thanks to Dan Johnson (his image).

 

[R-2800]

wow nice! i've seen the underside pic before and I think there is more photos of the plane but im not sure


sorry it's so big!!

 

[Chingachgook]

Is that top one Miss Irish? Damn, that is a nasty hit.

 

[R-2800]

nope miss Irish was way worse then that

Battle-Damaged B-17 Flying Fortresses: Intro page

 

[DerAdlerIstGelandet]

Ching I like the spitfire one you posted. You can see the pain on the pilot there.

 

[Gnomey]

Yeah you can. Here is a site for damaged B-17's: Battle-Damaged B-17 Flying Fortresses: Contents

 

[Chingachgook]

That last B-17 must be in France - it looks like there is an early 2CV on the far right... ???

 

[R-2800]

I don't know looks like one though!!

 

[Wildcat]

Here's some I have. Don't know the stories behind them though...

 

[R-2800]

nice!!

 

[Chingachgook]

Cool, I have not seen these before Wildcat. thx

 

[the lancaster kicks ass]

interestingly 3 of these 5 are Mk.IIs!

 

[Chingachgook]

Lancs are tough too!

 

[the lancaster kicks ass]

certainly moreso than they've given credit for, they're often said to be weaker than the american bombers but that's mostly the B-17, just what is tougher than a B-17

 

[Matt308]

A P-47

 

[the lancaster kicks ass]

if you loose an engine in a P-47 you find you'll run out of options very, very quickly as you sink like a 15,000lb stone

 

[mkloby]

if you loose an engine in a P-47 you find you'll run out of options very, very quickly as you sink like a 15,000lb stone

I was trying to find the Power off/clean feathered glide ratio of the 47 - didn't find anything reliable. Saw some that said 1:1, but I wouldn't think that could be right, it's so damn low. At that rate you'd need 6,000ft to glide 1nm

Even my bulky TC-12B glides at 12:1 clean w/ both props feathered.