This'll bring a tear to your eye...

[gumbyk]

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kKFE90sWqx8

Post WW2 B-17's used for target practice...

 

[pbehn]

Not as much as perfectly sound Corsairs being shoved off a carrier so they could be struck off lend lease. Contaminating the ocean instead of breaking them up and having sound airframes and engines for airshows.

 

[at6]

Never pleasant to see such waste.

 

[Capt. Vick]

Ever notice that this footage is often used in documentaries to show the slaughter of 8th Air Force bombers over fortress Europe?

 

[Wildcat]

Yes! I'd often wonder what happened to that B-17 - now I know!

 

[Gnomey]

It is sad footage but also pretty interesting...