Warbird Information Exchange

You guys seen this, the pilot jumps at the last second. He hits turret #2 on the Louisville.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N1AcOAF6ppA

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Always looking for WW2 Half-Tracks and Parts.

Is it the pilot or a piece of the cowling that gets blown off when the shell hits it.

I watched a few times and I think it is a piece of the aircraft or cowling. The plane takes a significant hit just before impact and you can see the engine or fuel erupting into flames and it's likely that the AA shells blew off parts of the aircraft.

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"They done it, they done it, damned if they ain't flew." December 17, 1903

Being a non-pilot but having been around world war II planes and airport operations for the past 20ish years -it is almost impossible to believe that a pilot could actually accomplish this.
Also, what would his motive be to do such a thing?
This has to be a part of the plane blown off and from the photographers angle just gives the impression of a human sized object departing along the wing.

just my .02
Tom P.

Look how fast this guy is...

https://www.nbcconnecticut.com/news/nat ... o/3442708/

I'm calling

Phil

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