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15-10-2007, 05:41 PM
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You're Top Poster: #1   | Unusual Accidents Right boys and girls. I'd like to see some unusual aircraft accidents. Not battle damage but actual accidents. Here's one to kick off
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16-10-2007, 01:26 AM
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You're Top Poster: #2  | You know when I read the title of the thread, that was the pic I thought of! I think there's a similar pic of a couple of Aussie Ansons "mating".
__________________ http://www.454-459squadrons.org.au/. http://www.awm.gov.au/index.asp  Aircraft from No. 60 Squadron levelling out for the "run in" to make a mast-head attack on a Japanese coaster off Akyab. Courtesy AWM. |
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16-10-2007, 02:59 AM
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You're Top Poster: #2 | No 2 on the B-17 is feathered. Interesting.
__________________ http://www.454-459squadrons.org.au/. http://www.awm.gov.au/index.asp Aircraft from No. 60 Squadron levelling out for the "run in" to make a mast-head attack on a Japanese coaster off Akyab. Courtesy AWM. |
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16-10-2007, 03:02 AM
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You're Top Poster: #1 | Quote:
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16-10-2007, 04:13 AM
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You're Top Poster: #2 | Oooh, Mk I Spit with metal three-bladed prop. Cool! The B-17 appears to have its rudder hard over but this could have been caused by the force of the collision not an indication of evasive action. However, I can't see the Lanc's port undercarriage perhaps indicating the B-17 has sliced through it or the starboard leg of the Fort is hiding it. Chin turret on the Fort appears crunched as well but I can't work out how she could have ended up on her nose with the Lanc on her.
__________________ http://www.454-459squadrons.org.au/. http://www.awm.gov.au/index.asp Aircraft from No. 60 Squadron levelling out for the "run in" to make a mast-head attack on a Japanese coaster off Akyab. Courtesy AWM. Last edited by Antipodean Andy; 16-10-2007 at 04:29 AM.. |
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16-10-2007, 04:22 AM
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You're Top Poster: #1 | I think the tail/rudder of the B17 is the clue - it actually looks like it's back is broken, so creating a V - hence it's nose up. See the way the belly turret is so close to the ground - almost touching it?
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16-10-2007, 04:29 AM
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You're Top Poster: #2 | Good point. I also think the weight of the Lanc is on the B-17 going by the compressed starboard leg of the Fort and the Lanc's one barely touching the ground. That gives the impression of the Lanc riding up on the Fort though.
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16-10-2007, 04:30 AM
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You're Top Poster: #2 | Hmm, doors on B-17 are open...hmm, no hydraulics, doors flop open, brakes non-existent. Would tie in with apparent battle-damaged No 2. You wouldn't go to the trouble of feathering a prop in a collision. You'd potentially cut fuel/switches and get the hell out?
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