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John D. Weimer Cape Girardeau, MO, USA	Posted: April 25, 2012 07:12PM Registered: 13 years ago Posts: 21,577

This shot up B-26 over Tunisia had it's hydraulics and manual controls for the landing gear shot away but made a safe belly landing. Noting was said about the crew or what nearly tore off the left wing.

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1275midget Mike's 73 Midget over, hill and dale, USA 1973 MG Midget MkIII 2002 Mazda MX-5 NB	Posted: April 25, 2012 08:13PM Registered: 4 years ago Posts: 1,730

Amazing that they brought that aircraft down. Great photo.

A few years back I was researching my fathers B-24. I came across these famous photos on many different sites. I don't think those crews did as well as the crew in the B-26.

http://picasaweb.google.com/minorsands/mgmidget1973#

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oldthudman Claud Pipkin Houston, Texas, USA	Posted: April 25, 2012 08:27PM Registered: 1 year ago Posts: 782

Agree!....Flak probably got the port wing!........Too she's one of many that were shot-up and returned.......

Some of the pics of wounded B-17's show aircraft that defy reason...........

Great pic!!!

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melbaver Chris Howells Broadwater NSW, Australia 1968 MG MGB "Moneypit" 1996 Jeep Cherokee "Shopping Trolley"	Posted: April 25, 2012 08:51PM Registered: 5 years ago Posts: 4,970

Some interesting reading

http://home.fuse.net/vaughan/aircraft.htm

Maybe the aircraft is one of these

Also interesting co-incidence from the tailplane number 117 747

F117 is the stealth bomber

and of course the B747 is the jumbo

Chris Howells

1968 MGB Purchased already dis-assembled which is why I'm often ignorant about what some parts are, and even more ignorant of where they go.

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bleteaches6 lee orphan Sumner, WA, USA 1956 MG MGA 1500 1979 MG MGB Limited Edition (LE) 1979 MG Midget 1500	Posted: April 26, 2012 12:10PM Registered: 5 years ago Posts: 6,958

Those old war birds took a pounding and kept on going. I flew in a B17 a few years ago, and I'm here to tell you, those guys had guts to fly those tin cans in the conditions that they did.

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Montrose Robert Carley Campbellville, Ontario, Canada	Posted: April 26, 2012 01:31PM Registered: 7 years ago Posts: 5,059

I can't recall the number exactly, but I think it was around 10,000 bomber crews were lost over Germany.

War ain't romantic.

Imperial by choice; Metric by force.

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