12.01.2010, 04:40
A February afternoon in 1944 as a formation of B17's head across eastern France on their way to England, coming under attack from a handful of long nose Focke-Wulfs.
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If anyone thinks the angle of smoke is odd, consider what happened. The 190's, two of them, attacked the No.4 bomber and shot it up pretty bad. The righ engines lost power immediately, and the aeroplane began to turn and bank with all the power on the left side. The pilot realised something was up (obviously) and cut power to the left engines whilst he tried to level the aeroplane. He couldn't. Without any effective control left the B17 began a terminal sideslip.
![[Image: getoutofthere.jpg]](http://img704.imageshack.us/i/getoutofthere.jpg/)
If anyone thinks the angle of smoke is odd, consider what happened. The 190's, two of them, attacked the No.4 bomber and shot it up pretty bad. The righ engines lost power immediately, and the aeroplane began to turn and bank with all the power on the left side. The pilot realised something was up (obviously) and cut power to the left engines whilst he tried to level the aeroplane. He couldn't. Without any effective control left the B17 began a terminal sideslip.