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To: SnuffaBolshevik

Would love to know the story behind that shot.


47 posted on 07/18/2013 10:26:02 PM PDT by Roccus
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To: Roccus
Would love to know the story behind that shot.

http://www.armchairgeneral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=116770

This aircraft is B-24M-5-FO S/N 44-50468 belonging to 455th Bomb Group 740th Bomber Squadron, 15th Air Force. "Supposedly the result of inadvertent application of brakes during takeoff run, this wartime accident killed six crewmen almost instantly." Jim Holder added that this occurred at San Giovanni April 12, 1945. Pilot listed as James T. Harris. The photographer was not an official AAF photographer but would run out to take pictures of landing/takeoff accidents. This picture was taken about 5 min after the crash.

48 posted on 07/18/2013 10:46:22 PM PDT by cynwoody
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