▲ 142 ▼ B-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.world) submitted 5 months ago by setsneedtofeed@lemmy.world to c/historyphotos@piefed.social 21 comments fedilink hide all child comments Black and white version of photo.
[–] setsneedtofeed@lemmy.world [S] 38 points 5 months ago (6 children) Up high and just forward of the top ball turret. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] call_me_xale@lemmy.zip 20 points 5 months ago (2 children) Honestly, I'm still having a hard time seeing it. There doesn't appear to be anything forward of the ball turret... permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] doomsdayrs@lemmy.ml 5 points 4 months ago (1 child) 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. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] acockworkorange@mander.xyz 1 point 4 months ago I had to use quite a bit of imagination, but now I can guess where the pilot was. Thank you. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Davel23@fedia.io 18 points 5 months ago (1 child) I guess the bombardier and navigator were out of luck. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Onomatopoeia@lemmy.cafe 4 points 4 months ago Yea, article says they were killed. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Onomatopoeia@lemmy.cafe 4 points 4 months ago Thanks for the diagram, I can at least see where the pilot would be now. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] call_me_xale@lemmy.zip 20 points 5 months ago (2 children) Honestly, I'm still having a hard time seeing it. There doesn't appear to be anything forward of the ball turret... permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] doomsdayrs@lemmy.ml 5 points 4 months ago (1 child) 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. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] acockworkorange@mander.xyz 1 point 4 months ago I had to use quite a bit of imagination, but now I can guess where the pilot was. Thank you. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] doomsdayrs@lemmy.ml 5 points 4 months ago (1 child) 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. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] acockworkorange@mander.xyz 1 point 4 months ago I had to use quite a bit of imagination, but now I can guess where the pilot was. Thank you. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] acockworkorange@mander.xyz 1 point 4 months ago I had to use quite a bit of imagination, but now I can guess where the pilot was. Thank you. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Davel23@fedia.io 18 points 5 months ago (1 child) I guess the bombardier and navigator were out of luck. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Onomatopoeia@lemmy.cafe 4 points 4 months ago Yea, article says they were killed. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Onomatopoeia@lemmy.cafe 4 points 4 months ago Yea, article says they were killed. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Onomatopoeia@lemmy.cafe 4 points 4 months ago Thanks for the diagram, I can at least see where the pilot would be now. permalink fedilink source parent
