Bomber B-29 of the US Air Force with a hole in the fuselage during WWII

Bomber B-29 of the US Air Force with a hole in the fuselage during WWII

Oct 7, 2016 #US Army

Bomber B-29

This Bomber B-29 from the 505th US Air Force Group was damaged by its own propeller during a raid on Yokohama (Japan) during the Second World War.

With three working engines, he flew to Iwo Jima island, where during landing lost control and rammed the tail of another Bomber B-29. The result was a collision damaged the nose and destroyed turret of a machine gunner.

 

 

Shooting place: the island of Iwo Jima
Time taken: May 1945

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