you can see the glass of the pilots cockpit right behind a shred of steel.
The pilot is likely flying very blind, and only based on the plane taking the photo.
They likely had some structural steel that prevented them from dying instantly from the blast. or maybe it got shredded, and they kept it up through pure will, then died afterwards.
Ok, this is one where we need a red circle for where the pilot would be.
Holy cow that’s nuts.
Up high and just forward of the top ball turret.
I guess the bombardier and navigator were out of luck.
Yea, article says they were killed.
Honestly, I’m still having a hard time seeing it. There doesn’t appear to be anything forward of the ball turret…
you can see the glass of the pilots cockpit right behind a shred of steel.
The pilot is likely flying very blind, and only based on the plane taking the photo.
They likely had some structural steel that prevented them from dying instantly from the blast. or maybe it got shredded, and they kept it up through pure will, then died afterwards.
I had to use quite a bit of imagination, but now I can guess where the pilot was. Thank you.
Thanks for the diagram, I can at least see where the pilot would be now.