▲ 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.
[–] urandom@lemmy.world 24 points 4 months ago (7 children) Wait. So the front fell off? permalink fedilink source hideshow 7 child comments replies: [–] zergtoshi@lemmy.world 16 points 4 months ago (1 child) Yeah, that’s not very typical, I’d like to make that point. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] redhorsejacket@lemmy.world 8 points 4 months ago I just don't want people thinking bombers aren't safe. permalink fedilink source parent [–] LovableSidekick@lemmy.world 4 points 4 months ago They had to fly it out beyond the environment. permalink fedilink source parent [–] isolatedscotch@discuss.tchncs.de 1 point 4 months ago https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3m5qxZm_JqM permalink fedilink source parent [–] Codpiece@feddit.uk 1 point 4 months ago (2 children) No, it wasn’t built by Boeing. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] LovableSidekick@lemmy.world 4 points 4 months ago (1 child) wut? Probably was. Boeing designed the B-17 and built more than half of them. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Codpiece@feddit.uk 2 points 4 months ago Ok, that’ll teach me to try and be amusing without doing research. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] zergtoshi@lemmy.world 16 points 4 months ago (1 child) Yeah, that’s not very typical, I’d like to make that point. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] redhorsejacket@lemmy.world 8 points 4 months ago I just don't want people thinking bombers aren't safe. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] redhorsejacket@lemmy.world 8 points 4 months ago I just don't want people thinking bombers aren't safe. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] LovableSidekick@lemmy.world 4 points 4 months ago They had to fly it out beyond the environment. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] isolatedscotch@discuss.tchncs.de 1 point 4 months ago https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3m5qxZm_JqM permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Codpiece@feddit.uk 1 point 4 months ago (2 children) No, it wasn’t built by Boeing. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] LovableSidekick@lemmy.world 4 points 4 months ago (1 child) wut? Probably was. Boeing designed the B-17 and built more than half of them. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Codpiece@feddit.uk 2 points 4 months ago Ok, that’ll teach me to try and be amusing without doing research. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] LovableSidekick@lemmy.world 4 points 4 months ago (1 child) wut? Probably was. Boeing designed the B-17 and built more than half of them. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Codpiece@feddit.uk 2 points 4 months ago Ok, that’ll teach me to try and be amusing without doing research. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Codpiece@feddit.uk 2 points 4 months ago Ok, that’ll teach me to try and be amusing without doing research. permalink fedilink source parent
