Picture of the day.

[Graeme]

 

[Graeme]

 

[Wurger]

 

[michaelmaltby]

 

[michaelmaltby]

 

[Peter Gunn]

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Man, how am I gonna explain THIS to the insurance company?

 

[syscom3]

The 351st BG flies through a flak filled sky.

 

[buffnut453]

A Flying Fort of the 379th bomb group took a flak hit and returned to base!

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Hope the bombardier was down the back making a brew when the shell hit!

 

[Airframes]

Looks like it landed at a RAF base, possibly one of the ELGs, such as Woodbridge.

 

[Gnomey]

Nice shots sys!

 

[syscom3]

Looks like it landed at a RAF base, possibly one of the ELGs, such as Woodbridge.

Your evidence is?

 

[buffnut453]

Your evidence is?

The fact that 4 of the 5 personnel visible in the pic are RAF, perhaps?

 

[michaelmaltby]

 

[michaelmaltby]

 

[Airframes]

Yep.
And with that amount of serious damage, and probably dead and or injured on board, the first available airfield, preferably with a long, wide runway would be a priority.
The Emergency Landing Grounds, such as Woodbridge and Carnaby, were just inland from the coast, and had extra-wide, long runways, and were fully equipped to receive damaged aircraft with casualties on board.
The pic might have been taken at a USAAF base, with visiting RAF personnel, although the latter tended to be aircrew, but I feel it's at a RAF airfield, very possibly an ELG.

 

[Airframes]

Post # 10589 - the guy in the middle, with the 'grease gun', looks very like the actor who's' name, or character in Band of Brothers I can't remember.

 

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[Wurger]

 

[michaelmaltby]

 

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