SSTF@lemmy.world to HistoryPhotos@piefed.socialEnglish · 2 months agoB-17 'Mizpah' after 88mm flak rounds ripped its nose off over Budapest, July 14 1944. Pilot kept it flying 10 mins so the crew could bail out.lemmy.worldimagemessage-square21linkfedilinkarrow-up1144arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up1144arrow-down1imageB-17 'Mizpah' after 88mm flak rounds ripped its nose off over Budapest, July 14 1944. Pilot kept it flying 10 mins so the crew could bail out.lemmy.worldSSTF@lemmy.world to HistoryPhotos@piefed.socialEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square21linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squareurandom@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up26·2 months agoWait. So the front fell off?
minus-squarezergtoshi@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17·2 months agoYeah, that’s not very typical, I’d like to make that point.
minus-squareredhorsejacket@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·2 months agoI just don’t want people thinking bombers aren’t safe.
minus-squareLovable Sidekick@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 months agoThey had to fly it out beyond the environment.
minus-squareisolatedscotch@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3m5qxZm_JqM
minus-squareCodpiece@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoNo, it wasn’t built by Boeing.
minus-squareLovable Sidekick@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 months agowut? Probably was. Boeing designed the B-17 and built more than half of them.
minus-squareCodpiece@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 months agoOk, that’ll teach me to try and be amusing without doing research.
Wait. So the front fell off?
Yeah, that’s not very typical, I’d like to make that point.
I just don’t want people thinking bombers aren’t safe.
They had to fly it out beyond the environment.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3m5qxZm_JqM
No, it wasn’t built by Boeing.
wut? Probably was. Boeing designed the B-17 and built more than half of them.
Ok, that’ll teach me to try and be amusing without doing research.