Cool Pics of B17s with Fuselage Hits

**dock** · 02-15-2008, 10:03 PM

Man, those things could take a beating and still make it home.............

http://www.daveswarbirds.com/b-17/fuselage.htm

**bmyers** · 02-15-2008, 10:18 PM

**1MileCrash** · 02-16-2008, 02:31 AM

tough birds...definitely earned their nickname.

**Nitro_Junkie97** · 02-16-2008, 06:54 AM

those planes must have been built by GM.

**Bobby97SS** · 02-16-2008, 08:29 AM

One of the coolest things ever for me was an unexpected flyover by Sentimental Journey with a B-25 and a Mustang as wingmen. I was at home and heard a rumble so I went outside and looked up, what a thrill.

**LS2Tuner** · 02-16-2008, 09:35 AM

Originally Posted by Nitro_Junkie97

those planes must have been built by GM.

LOL This one is great.......

**Zapper2003** · 02-16-2008, 10:32 AM

Its a shame they can't build them like that anymore...however...todays weapons are a little more deadly.

**1MileCrash** · 02-16-2008, 01:16 PM

it's almost over now but memphis belle is on AMC right now.

**JoshieDoom** · 02-16-2008, 03:51 PM

Ive seen lots of pics like this.. most recent is the a-10 warthog.. they can come home on one engine and half a wing basically..

When i was taking body filler off my WWII jeep i found mutliple bullet holes in it..

**ls1camino** · 02-16-2008, 08:26 PM

Check this out:

**jimmybling31** · 02-16-2008, 10:33 PM

those things are tough

**87rocket** · 02-17-2008, 06:33 AM

Guy who works for me is a crew chief on a flying B-17 at the Yankee Air Museum here in Michigan. Their ball turrett is the one they used in the movie Memphis Belle.

If you watch all these guys travel around the country with the 17's and Liberators doing airshows.

Jack Roush has a collection of old planes inclung a Mustang called Old Crow. In my office there is a pic of Jack flying it taken out of the B17.

Bob Lutz is a huge plane nut, he flies a helicopter around the proving grounds sometimes and has a MIG trainer.

**JoshieDoom** · 02-17-2008, 09:32 AM

I got lucky enough when I was a kid to go all throughout one of the last flying ones.. tail gunner.. ball turrent.. everywhere.. i got pics somewhere..

I think the name of the crew was Texas Raiders.

**1MileCrash** · 02-17-2008, 11:22 AM

when i was a kid about 10 or 12 years old the B-17 "Sentimental Journey" was making a cross country trip and came into the Stevens Point airport about 30 minutes from where i live. it was there for a couple of days so my dad and i went up to see it. he ended up talkin to the pilot and gettin me special access because he was in ww2 so him and the pilot were talkin for hours like old buddies.

**JoshieDoom** · 02-17-2008, 11:38 AM

http://www.gulfcoastwing.org/

Found the site of the plane I visted...

I loved being an army brat..lots of bonuses..

**Firebird Phoenix** · 02-17-2008, 12:03 PM

Originally Posted by 1MileCrash

tough birds...definitely earned their nickname.

For sure, those pictures are impressive.

**StuntmanMike** · 02-17-2008, 12:56 PM

I love those old planes, I watch alot of History Channel, and it's amazing the damage they'd take and still be able to fly.

I saw these a few months back... http://www.southcoasttoday.com/apps/...NEWS/709100347

They were flying in a loop all afternoon that went right over my work, the sound of them was amazing, everytime we heard them coming around we'd run outside to watch.

A few years before I toured one of them when they came to town, it was really neat to be able to walk through the plane and see the cramped conditions that those guys fought in.