Flying Fortress captured

[pampa14]

One of the main and most important Allied bombers, the B-17 was sparked interest and greed target of Germans and Japanese during WW2. Inevitably some planes were captured and tested by the enemy. I share with you the link below that has some photos of these planes, some rare, with German and Japanese markings. To see the photos, visit the link below:


Aviação em Floripa: Fortalezas Voadoras capturadas


Best Regards.

 

[Denniss]

Just another spam post to promote his own site ......

 

[GrauGeist]

Just another spam post to promote his own site ......

He doesn't spam his site, when he makes an addition, he posts and if there's any inaccuracies, it's debated here and everyone learns.

So why are you crying about this all of a sudden?

 

[DerAdlerIstGelandet]

Just another spam post to promote his own site ......

Why is it spam? He is sharing a website...

 

[Capt. Vick]

Great post. Thanks! It's nice having all those captured B-17 picks in one place.

 

[GregP]

That seventh pic looks like they also have a Curtiss Wright CW-21 and CW-22 or am I seeing things? Could be I picked the wrong week to quit sniffing glue.

 

[Gnomey]

Good shots! Thanks for sharing.

 

[pbehn]

I bet the pilots and crew were nervous, how close do you have to get to see the LW markings compared to how close you need to be to hit it?

 

[at6]

In one pic those are Curtiss aircraft with the B-17. As far as spam, I think not. Pampa14 usually has some very good subjects to share.

 

[tyrodtom]

The Japanese captured some intact CV-21 and 22 when the Dutch East Indies fell to them.
And they captured the early model B-17 in the Philippines, I think.

 

[GregP]

There's really no other viable place they could have gootten the CW-21. The 3 that made it to China crashed on a flight from Rangoon to Kunming on 23 December 1941.

 

[GrauGeist]

There were quite a few CW-21 aircraft that were captured unassembled (about 27) when the Japanese over-ran the Loiwing factory.

There were also several Dutch CW-21 aircraft of 2-VLG IV that had been damaged on the ground and one intact CW-21B subsequently captured and used as a liaison aircraft. This is the one that is seen in the photo of the captured B-17 at the IJA test center in Singapore.

The Japanese also actively operated the captured Dutch CW-22s.

 

[Shinpachi]

Just another spam post to promote his own site ......

When I saw his post for the first time in this forum, I thought it was spam too. Not now though.
I also doubt if he might be a Japanese.

 

[fubar57]

Very nice Pampas.




Geo

 

[A4K]

Great shots mate, some there I hadn't seen before!