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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)

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[–] 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.

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[–] Codpiece@feddit.uk 2 points 4 months ago

Ok, that’ll teach me to try and be amusing without doing research.

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