Badly damaged aircraft that returned home safely
Posted: Wed Apr 25, 2012 6:07 am
thought it would be interesting to start a thread on aircraft that were heavily damaged but managed to return home.
I submit this one of a beaufighter in north africa; it lost several feet of its right wing during a strafing attack but managed to fly home and land safely (narration says it lost 3 feet but it's clearly a lot more than that as the whole aileron is missing...more like 8 feet missing). Beaufighters had a reputation for being able to absorb astonishing amounts of damage.
Zip forward to the 2:33 mark in the video and you'll see it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vsUdbzQCm_Y
I submit this one of a beaufighter in north africa; it lost several feet of its right wing during a strafing attack but managed to fly home and land safely (narration says it lost 3 feet but it's clearly a lot more than that as the whole aileron is missing...more like 8 feet missing). Beaufighters had a reputation for being able to absorb astonishing amounts of damage.
Zip forward to the 2:33 mark in the video and you'll see it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vsUdbzQCm_Y