Friday 2010-09-17 Dev. update and Discussions

[Richie]

I see what you mean Xilon.

[robtek]

I believe the holes in the emil result from aaa and not from rifle caliber machinegun!

[Pierre@]

As Gruppe Kommandeur of III./JG 2, Major Erich Mix' Bf 109 E-4 (W.Nr. 1526) was shot down by Morane Saulnier MS 406s on 21 May 1940.
Big holes on fuselage are impacts of 20 mm shells.

[BG-09]

Originally Posted by Pierre@

As Gruppe Kommandeur of III./JG 2, Major Erich Mix' Bf 109 E-4 (W.Nr. 1526) was shot down by Morane Saulnier MS 406s on 21 May 1940.
Big holes on fuselage are impacts of 20 mm shells.

Pierre, Is Your name Pierre Alfaro?

[Xilon_x]

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loock this american airplane damage continue to flight ant pilot return to home. very hard.
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[Daniël]

Originally Posted by Xilon_x

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loock this american airplane damage continue to flight ant pilot return to home. very hard.

Really?! I think it is almost impossible to go fly home with half of the wing torn off on a combat mission with a lot of flak. Those guys were very lucky or just very good pilots. (or both)

[winny]

This would make a good thread on it's own.. A 'how the hell did they get home' thread.

[JVM]

Originally Posted by Daniël

Really?! I think it is almost impossible to go fly home with half of the wing torn off on a combat mission with a lot of flak.

Apparently not...there are some other famous examples like an Israeli F-15 in more recent years...

In this case the pilot (alone) was able to come back and successfully ditched the plane besides his carrier.
He was alone because the other crew members bailed out in the area of Chi Chi Jima island where the aircraft was damaged due to air-to-air collision with another Avenger which had just lost a complete wing destroyed by the heavy flak.
The unfortunate crew members were beheaded by the island garrison troops...

JV