So… how do you avoid midair collisions? You maintain a 1000 feet of vertical separation.
How close was he? Just finished a firing pass and flew under the He 111 prop.
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Formation flying …
with the enemy …
in front of the enemies machine guns …
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There are some videos out there of gun camera footage and it’s impressive how close the two aircraft are
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Reminds me of the technique to tilt the V1 missiles (buzz bombs) by flipping one of their wingtips.
Not a real photo, this is an artwork by someone whos name I forgot to remember.
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Old habits…
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US B-17F “All-American” of 414th BS, 97th BG on the ground at its base in Biskra, Algeria showing severe damage from a mid-air collision with a German fighter over Tunis, Tunisia, 1 Feb 1943.
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This is quite close - sorry to twist the topic(!)
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Did the tail gunner survive?
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Didn’t even mess up his hair!
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Probably full of hair spray …
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did ruin his underware tho
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quite a few stories of that being done.
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Ram Jaeger probably.
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Intentional and organised ramming by German pilots wasn’t done until close to the German capitulation in May 1945.
Accidental ramming did happen on all fronts, especially when two fighter planes were trying to out-maneuver each other.
Soviet pilots on the eastern front did it intentionally.
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The aircraft was piloted to a safe landing at its base, and despite the damage, none of the crew was injured.
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Amazing ! If it had been a B 24 the outcome would likely have been different.
I would assume poor elevator response…
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A few inches to the side or forward/aft and it would probably have been like the recent B-17/P-63 collision.
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