[Blueflag]

Here’s the story with pictures of the B-52 with the VS that BLEW off. Not it did not SHEAR off (sideways.)

http://www.talkingproud.us/HistoryB52NoTail.html

amazing.

[Blueflag]

Correction : deep in the article tey use the word “shear”

[SkyDancer]

See, it’s a Boeing plane ... Boeing builds their planes out of bricks ... I’ve seen pictures of B17’s that flew back to England after a bombing raid on Germany ... flying tanks.

[ChicagahAl]

From the B-52 article: "the Air Force early on experienced tail sections and stabilizers breaking off"

They don't just "fall off". But pretty much any aircraft surface can be overstressed to failure, either by excessive G forces or by wind shear - if the forces are strong enough.