SSTF to HistoryPhotos@piefed.socialEnglish · 28 days 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.imagemessage-square20linkfedilinkarrow-up1144arrow-down11file-text
arrow-up1143arrow-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.SSTF to HistoryPhotos@piefed.socialEnglish · 28 days agomessage-square20linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squarezergtoshilinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16·28 days agoYeah, that’s not very typical, I’d like to make that point.
minus-squareredhorsejacketlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·28 days agoI just don’t want people thinking bombers aren’t safe.
minus-squareLovable SidekicklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·27 days agoThey had to fly it out beyond the environment.
minus-squareLovable SidekicklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·27 days agowut? Probably was. Boeing designed the B-17 and built more than half of them.
minus-squareCodpiece@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·27 days 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.
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.