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The Poltava Raid was the most successful German raid on parked American aircraft of the entire war. 45 B-17s that were participating in the Russian Shuttle were destroyed. The loss of life was fairly low, IIRC. Basically the Russian's night defenses were non-existent and the Germans were able to take their time and destroy the planes virtually unmolested.

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And this one doesn't look real to me for some reason

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It shouldn't, it's heavily retouched. May or may not be a photo of a Ju 88 in trouble. Very likely a standard Soviet image of the era, where pics were routinely heavily retouched.

On the 'not' side is the angle it's shot from is a normal position to photograph the aircraft from the ground, the aeleron deflection is probably too high for the speed, the prop blades are visible, as though it's a repositioned ground shot, the focus and relative movement is 'too good' and the position of the photographer means you'd be ducking, not photographing.

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The (fatal) loss of a Avro Vulcan B-1 at the Syerston Battle of Britain At Home airshow.
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On 20 September 1958, a Rolls-Royce test pilot was authorised to fly VX770 on an engine performance sortie with a fly past at RAF Syerston Battle of Britain At Home display. The Vulcan flew along the main runway then started a roll to starboard and climbed slightly. During this roll the starboard wing disintegrated, resulting in a collapse of the main spar and wing structure. The Vulcan went into a dive with the starboard wing on fire and struck the ground. Three occupants of a controllers' caravan were killed by debris, all four of the Vulcan crew were also killed. The cause may have been pilot error; analysis of amateur cine film suggested the aircraft had flown over the airfield at 472–483 miles per hour (760–777 km/h) instead of the briefed 288–345 miles per hour (463–555 km/h); it had also descended to a height of 65–70 ft (20–21 m) instead of 200–300 ft (61–91 m). Rolling the Vulcan to starboard while flying at this speed imposed a load or stress of 2-3 g; it should have remained below 1.25 g. The VX770 was a prototype with construction and materials not to production standard, which was the primary reason for imposing low flight performance limits.[204][205][N 8]

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^ Avro Chief Test Pilot Tony Blackman notes that when Avro display pilots carried out aerobatics, the displays were followed by a careful but little-known inspection of the inside of the wing's leading edge. Rolls-Royce pilots also carried out aerobatics, but Blackman speculates that Rolls-Royce did not know of the inspections, and VX770 may have already been severely structurally damaged.[206]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avro_Vulca ... _incidents

Certainly a thread to encourage pause for thought.

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