20mm Direct hit!!

[Jack Cook]

367th FG 1945. The pilot was WIA but made it out OK.

[ww2John]

When you consider that most USA a/c used 50 caliber and Brit's used (largely) .303, you appreciate the difference in damage a 20mm round can do with this picture.

Thanks again Jack for more "education".

[vg-photo]

Knowing the size of a 20mm, and looking at that canopy, it is pretty amazing that the pilot was only wounded.

[Greg87]

Please excuse my ignorance, but what type of a/c is that?

[Lynn Allen]

P-47??

Lynn

[tom d. friedman]

i have a p 47 wind screen & the armored center screen glass is at least a 1/4 inch thick, a testimonial to the glass maker's expertise. if that hit came into 1 of the side panels that pilot's melon would have been blown off.