Engine Failure? - 1 attachment

[Clem]

Here is a photograph of a B-26 Marauder "Flak Bait" in some serious
trouble.

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More like a direct hit from flak, I think.

Brian

[Waldo]

I have this picture in a book called Gun Camera.

The caption follows.

"During a mission over Southern France a B-26 Marauder takes a direct
hit to its right engine, which can be seen falling away at the bottom
of the picture, the prop still spinning. Severed hydraulics propably
account for the release of the landing gear housed behind the engine.
The pilot was unable to regain control of the plane and crashed
moments after this picture was taken."

It does not tell of the fate of the crew. But the word moments seems
like a too short time to escape in my opinion.

Waldo.

On Fri, 3 Aug 2007 02:40:18 GMT, wrote:

>More like a direct hit from flak, I think.
>
>Brian

[John Meyer]

In article 6>,
Clem > wrote:

> Here is a photograph of a B-26 Marauder "Flak Bait" in some serious
> trouble.
>
>
>

[Clem]

John Meyer > wrote in news:donkiyoti-
:

> In article 6>,
> Clem > wrote:
>
>> Here is a photograph of a B-26 Marauder "Flak Bait" in some serious
>> trouble.
>>
>>
>> begin 644 B26Engine.jpg
>> [Image]
>>
>> end
>
> That's not "Flak Bait" and your version of the photo has been very
> heavily retouched.
>

I don't download pictures to retouch and then upload them again.
I downloaded the picture from military.com's public domain files.
You see it as I downloaded it.

The timing of the mishap, the engine coming off and someone taking
the photo all the same time is what I thought made the picture unique.

[John Meyer]

In article 6>,
Clem > wrote:

> John Meyer > wrote in news:donkiyoti-
> :
>
> > In article 6>,
> > Clem > wrote:
> >
> >> Here is a photograph of a B-26 Marauder "Flak Bait" in some serious
> >> trouble.
> >>
> >>
> >> begin 644 B26Engine.jpg
> >> [Image]
> >>
> >> end
> >
> > That's not "Flak Bait" and your version of the photo has been very
> > heavily retouched.
> >
>
> I don't download pictures to retouch and then upload them again.
> I downloaded the picture from military.com's public domain files.
> You see it as I downloaded it.
>
> The timing of the mishap, the engine coming off and someone taking
> the photo all the same time is what I thought made the picture unique.

I didn't say that you'd retouched it. I was pointing out that the photo
was heavily retouched and doesn't depict Flak Bait. If you compare the
photos, you can see that the engine has been moved closer to the rest of
the airplane, among other things.

Flak Bait resides at the Smithsonian.

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