B17s...

[Sailor.]

How some of these got back to Blighty I'll never know!

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

[CFBC]

Interesting website indeed there Sailor. Shows you how sturdy these 17's were and the punishment they could take indeed..

[planejunky]

Incredible, if some of those had been B-24's, they would've gone down. :(

[von hitchofen]

I always remember first seeing the top picture on this page

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

in "The Mighty Eighth":eek: :wacko: ....and being stunned at the damage an aeroplane could sustain and still fly home.

[Martin Bull]

[QUOTE=von hitchofen;278404]I always remember first seeing the top picture on this page

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

Just for the record, the photo was taken at Nuthampstead, just down the road from Duxford.....

[Dutchie]

That it was possible to return with this B-17 !!!:cool: