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I think sometimes it's easy to forget, has we argue about razorback Mustangs and recovering corroded piles of scrap,
the sacrifice of so many brave men which gives us the right to do so.
In the photo below 3 men of the 384th FS 364th FG prepare to move the remains of Lt Jim Korecky from the smoldering
remains of P-51D s/n 44-14034 5Y+D "Jackie" after a engine failure on take-off from Honington, UK on July 30, 1944.
Keep agruing just don't forget!

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Or argue about kids blowing off some steam making a video........................Amen jack, it is very easy to forget.

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Not an engine failure, but this P-38 pilot was just victim of the P-51 torque, and chopped the tail of a B-17 before crashing, just before the eyes of his visiting brother, as related by Ian McLachlan in his book "Eightht Air Force Bomber Stories".

Laurent

There's a photo of this shot from the opposite angle with the plane on fire. Ground crew attempted to rescue the pilot by laying a ladder onto the cockpit to get over the flames, but, unfortunately, it was not successful.

The crash report states engine failure on take-off.

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Here is another of Sgt. Russ Zorn's photographs of the accident. Two men of the 1st Strategic Air Depot working on the B-17 were also injured.


Scott