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[Njaco]

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[Njaco]

Don't know if this an oops or not but....

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[Aaron Brooks Wolters]

Still INTERESTING! Hope the bridge stayed wide enough.

 

[T Bolt]

I think that's when they were moving aircraft to the Air Force Museum when the construction at the present location was finished. I remember seeing a picture of The Strawberry B!ch being moved over the same bridge.

 

[Airframes]

think you're right Glenn. The tow tractor, and what can be discerned of the car in the background, look rather modern for WW2.

 

[T Bolt]

I found the pictures I was thinking of in a very old book about the Air Force Museum. The move was made in 1971 when the first of the hanger-buildings of the current museum complex were completed in 1971. It must have been something to be there and see that parade coming down the highway!

 

[DerAdlerIstGelandet]

Wow that must have been a sight to see. I wonder how many aircraft they damaged in the process.

 

[Matt308]

Notice the No.1 prop position to avoid the overpass railing. Great pics.

 

[T Bolt]

Yea, someone was thinking.

 

[Airframes]

Great set of pics Glenn.

 

[Gnomey]

That must of been quite a sight. Good effort if they got them moved unscathed.

 

[andy2012]

I found this recently, it was not pilot error though, but a tornado.

 

[Airframes]

Good one. Curious how the B-36 on the left looks larger than the one on the right.

 

[Aaron Brooks Wolters]

I noticed that to Terry. Curious. Good material guys, keep posting.

 

[andy2012]

Curious how the B-36 on the left looks larger than the one on the right.

Could it be the angle of the camera?

 

[vikingBerserker]

Wow!

 

[Airframes]

It could be a photo montage, using different photos of actual damage, but I can't see why that would need to be done, unless to emphasise the effects of the tornado for whatever reason.

 

[fubar57]

The shadow of the starboard wing looks a bit off.

Geo

 

[WJPearce]

Regarding the B-36 tornado damage image, it happened Monday, September 1, 1952 at Carswell AFB. Twenty-five or so B-36s were damaged with one eventually being scrapped. Good info and images on the site linked below; make sure you click on the serial number links at the bottom.

B-36 Fleet Destroyed by Tornado

 

[Airframes]

Good stuff. Presumably then, in the photo in question, it's perhaps just an optical illusion.
Geo, that shadow I think is a combination of the actual shadow, and perhaps part of the tubing, along the same axis, of what I think is the landing skid support on a a Bell 47G helicopter.