[Darksheare]

It was quite a pretty plane, the way bombers normally went.
Anyone have a copy of that pic showing the tail hald on by a thread, bascially?
The pic shows where the waist gunners should have been replaced by a huge hole. And the plane made it back to base like that.

[HiJinx]

The B-17 "All American" (414th Squadron, 97BG) flown by Lieutenant Kenneth R. Bragg, its tail section almost severed by a collision with an enemy fighter, flew 90 minutes back to its home base, landed safely and broke in two after landing. SOURCE: Flying Forts by Martin Caiden

[SAMWolf]

Another shot of the "All American"

A ground launched rocket missile caused this damage to 388BG's "Panhandle" during an attack on a V-weapon site, June 15, 1944. The missile struck number 3 engine, ricocheted into the fuselage and exploded, leaving Sgt Biggs, the top turret gunner, with nasty burns. Despite extensive damage to various control lines Lt McFarlane brought the bomber down safely at Manston.
Source: Mighty Eighth War Diary by Roger A. Freeman

"Hang the Expense Again III" was seen heavily damaged, going down over France. The pilot, however, was able to bring it out of a dive and struggled back to his home field. The blast damage blew the tail gunner out of the aircraft but he survived the incident.
SOURCE: Flying Forts by Martin Caiden, additional material by Ray Cary