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“An Avro Lancaster of No. 1 Group, Bomber Command, silhouetted against flares, smoke and explosions during the attack on Hamburg, Germany, by aircraft of Nos. 1, 5 and 8 Groups on the night of 30/31 January 1943” (via)
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A B 17 Air Fortress hit by a Flak shot that almost cut the bomber’s tail, cutting the plane in half. The two rear gunners died in the explosion but the rest of the crew managed to make it back their base.
Source: talesofwar
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Cold waiting by ~Talros
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The port wing of a B-24 fatally buckles after being hit by a flak round, resulting in the deaths of ten crew.
Source: unsubstantiatedrumors
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“Two members of a Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress crew “hit the silk” after their bomber is hit by flak over the aircraft assembly plant at Wiener-Neustadt, Austria. Shortly after the picture was made the rest of the crew bailed out and the plane exploded..” June 5th 1944 (via)
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“Flak bursts around Boeing B-17 ‘Flying Fortresses’ of the 15th Air Force, enroute to bomb enemy installations at Debreczen, Hungary, 21 Sept. 1944” (via)
