Historical Photos Of The B-17 Bomber II

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B-17 G ” Powerful Poodle ” takes a direct hit from flak over Ludwigshafen Germany during her tenth and last sortie. She went down at 11:25 Nov 5 1944 all of the crew were killed. Note the bombs falling from the plane above her. It was not unknown for bombs and planes to stray into paths of contact with disastrous results