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by **woof woof !** » Sun Dec 13, 2015 10:54 am

In 1943 a mid-air collision on February 1, 1943,

Between a B-17 and a German fighter over the Tunis dock area,

Became the subject of one of the most famous photographs of WW II.

An enemy fighter attacking a 97th Bomb Group formation went out of control,

Probably with a wounded pilot, then continued its crashing descent

Into the rear of the fuselage of a Flying Fortress named "All American",

Piloted by Lt. Kendrick R. Bragg, of the 414th Bomb Squadron.

When it struck, the fighter broke apart, but left some pieces in the B-17.

The left horizontal stabilizer of the Fortress and left elevator were completely torn away.

The two right engines were out and one on the left had a serious oil pump leak.

The vertical fin and the rudder had been damaged,

The fuselage had been cut almost completely through

Connected only at two small parts of the frame,

And the radios, electrical and oxygen systems were damaged.

There was also a hole in the top that was over 16-feet long and 4 feet wide at its widest;

The split in the fuselage went all the way to the top gunner's turret.

Although the tail actually bounced and swayed in the wind

And twisted when the plane turned and all the control cables were severed,

Except one single elevator cable still worked, and the aircraft miraculously still flew!

The tail gunner was trapped because there was no floor connecting the tail to the rest of the plane.

The waist and tail gunners used parts of the German fighter and their own parachute harnesses

In an attempt to keep the tail from ripping off and the two sides of the fuselage from splitting apart.

While the crew was trying to keep the bomber from coming apart,

The pilot continued on his bomb run and released his bombs over the target.

When the bomb bay doors were opened,

The wind turbulence was so great that it blew one of the waist gunners into the broken tail section.

It took several minutes and four crew members to pass him ropes from parachutes

And haul him back into the forward part of the plane.

When they tried to do the same for the tail gunner,

The tail began flapping so hard that it began to break off.

The weight of the gunner was adding some stability to the tail section, so he went back to his position.

The turn back toward England had to be very slow to keep the tail from twisting off.

They actually covered almost 70 miles to make the turn home.

The bomber was so badly damaged that it was losing altitude and speed and was soon alone in the sky.

For a brief time, two more Me-109 German fighters attacked theAll American.

Despite the extensive damage, all of the machine gunners

Were able to respond to these attacks and soon drove off the fighters.

The two waist gunners stood up with their heads sticking out through the hole in the top of the fuselage

To aim and fire their machine guns.

The tail gunner had to shoot in short bursts because the recoil was actually causing the plane to turn.

Allied P-51 fighters intercepted the All American as it crossed over the Channel

And took one of the pictures shown.

They also radioed to the base describing that the appendage was waving like a fish tail

And that the plane would not make it and to send out boats to rescue the crew when they bailed out.

The fighters stayed with the Fortress, taking hand signals from Lt. Bragg and relaying them to the base.

Lt. Bragg signalled that 5 parachutes and the spare had been "used"

So five of the crew could not bail out.

He made the decision that if they could not bail out safely, then he would stay with the plane to land it.

Two and a half hours after being hit, the aircraft made its final turn

To line up with the runway while it was still over 40 miles away.

It descended into an emergency landing and a normal roll-out on its landing gear.

When the ambulance pulled alongside, it was waved off because not a single member of the crew had

Been injured.

No one could believe that the aircraft could still fly in such a condition.

The Fortress sat placidly until the crew all exited through the door in the fuselage

and the tail gunner had climbed down a ladder,

at which time the entire rear section of the aircraft collapsed.

by **andy_g** » Sun Dec 13, 2015 7:03 pm

awesome machine. i've seen a few stories around the web of them making it back in unbelievable states.

by **woof woof !** » Wed Dec 16, 2015 4:03 pm

andy_g » Sun Dec 13, 2015 6:03 pm wrote:awesome machine. i've seen a few stories around the web of them making it back in unbelievable states.

Flying Fortress !

They couldn't have chosen a better name

by **metalhead** » Mon Feb 01, 2016 9:54 am

by **woof woof !** » Sat Feb 06, 2016 1:28 pm

by **Igor Zidane** » Wed Jun 08, 2016 4:03 pm

Parp !!!!!!!

I thankyou .

by **Judge** » Wed Oct 05, 2016 10:16 am

Alrighty everyone

by **woof woof !** » Thu Oct 06, 2016 8:56 am

Alrighty Judge :buttrock

Hope you've been well mate, where the hell have you been ?

by **Judge** » Fri Oct 07, 2016 8:46 pm

I've been busy getting married woof

by **woof woof !** » Sat Oct 08, 2016 8:55 am

Judge » Fri Oct 07, 2016 8:46 pm wrote:I've been busy getting married woof

You have my sincere condolences Judge

by **Judge** » Sat Oct 08, 2016 1:34 pm

She brilliant and I'm a lucky guy

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