Which side would you fly for?.......

[Maestro]

I have a cool pic of a B-24 that has crash-landed.

Enjoy ! 8)

 

[GermansRGeniuses]

Yes, that is a good pic. But just to be awkward, it didn't crash land; on takeoff there was a problem with the brakes which went on as the plane was reachong max. ground speed for takeoff. Six crewmembers died instantly during the accident.

 

[Maestro]

Yes, that is a good pic. But just to be awkward, it didn't crash land; on takeoff there was a problem with the brakes which went on as the plane was reachong max. ground speed for takeoff. Six crewmembers died instantly during the accident.

Oh... I didn't know. Where did you read that ?

 

[GermansRGeniuses]

A book. If I remember correctly, Time-Life Books Air War Over Europe.
if not, then Janes' Air War With The Luftwaffe

 

[Lightning Guy]

Yeah, the plane is too intact for that to have been a high-speed collision. Great pic nonetheless. Kudos!

 

[plan_D]

Yes, it was a very good picture. I've seen this picture of two 109s on top of one another, the bottom one is right way, the other upside down.
I'll try and find it.

 

[cheddar cheese]

it might not have crashed, it may have been an early prototype for a V-STOL

 

[plan_D]

What that Liberator, or the two 109s I mentioned?

 

[the lancaster kicks ass]

i think he means the B-24 ................

 

[cheddar cheese]

yes i do

 

[plan_D]

I was hoping for you to say the 109s, now that would have been funny.

 

[cheddar cheese]

 

[the lancaster kicks ass]

the germans had some pretty strange ideas..........

 

[Lightning Guy]

All of the countries had strange ideas. The Navy expirement with freezing bats equipped with a small incendiary bomb. They were dropped from high altitude, thawed on the way down, and then nest in the belferries of Japanese buildings where the bomb would explore. At least that was the idea.

 

[MP-Willow]

Thanks! I like a lot of different quotes and to colect them. Though I have been a little ocupied with stuff so my comp time is not as much.

 

[brad]

cool pic bet them engins never got used again

 

[Lightning Guy]

If you are talking about that B-24 pic you might be surprised. P&W radials were just about the toughest engines around. I doubt they were ever reused, but I wouldn't be shocked if they were.

 

[the lancaster kicks ass]

the reast of the plane looks pretty intact...............

 

[cheddar cheese]

yes, it does 8)

 

[Lightning Guy]

My guess, knowing how American mechanics were masters of ingenuity and scrounging, is that the plane was probably canabilized for parts. Even if the engines themselves couldn't be saved, I would bet parts from the engines were.