Comments on: 1 February 1943 https://www.thisdayinaviation.com/1-february-1943/ Important Dates in Aviation History Fri, 31 Jan 2025 14:31:54 +0000 hourly 1 By: Hartmut Opitz https://www.thisdayinaviation.com/1-february-1943/#comment-35159 Thu, 01 Feb 2024 18:39:37 +0000 http://www.thisdayinaviation.com/?p=2913#comment-35159 In reply to Graham Clayton.

No. The Pilot was very probably Erich Paczia from Jg53. There is an article in a french magazine (Batailles Aeriennes) about the Luftwaffe in Tunisia and their then-new tactics of attacking B-17s head-on. One of these machines was All American on Feb 1, and date and circumstances of Paczias death matches.

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By: boeingisbest https://www.thisdayinaviation.com/1-february-1943/#comment-28551 Tue, 07 Feb 2023 02:10:28 +0000 http://www.thisdayinaviation.com/?p=2913#comment-28551 hey everybody watch the new yarnhub story on this it is on youtube also they have other war storys.

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By: boeingisbest https://www.thisdayinaviation.com/1-february-1943/#comment-28550 Tue, 07 Feb 2023 02:07:56 +0000 http://www.thisdayinaviation.com/?p=2913#comment-28550 In reply to Bryan Swopes.

it decintegrated on impact also watch the new yarnhub story on this on youtube

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By: boeingisbest https://www.thisdayinaviation.com/1-february-1943/#comment-28549 Tue, 07 Feb 2023 02:05:33 +0000 http://www.thisdayinaviation.com/?p=2913#comment-28549 In reply to L Parker Temple.

you should watch the yarnhub story on youtube also their channel has other war storys the newer ones have better animations.

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By: Bryan Swopes https://www.thisdayinaviation.com/1-february-1943/#comment-28486 Wed, 01 Feb 2023 20:08:30 +0000 http://www.thisdayinaviation.com/?p=2913#comment-28486 In reply to Matthew Merrell.

750–850 rounds per minute.

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By: Matthew Merrell https://www.thisdayinaviation.com/1-february-1943/#comment-28485 Wed, 01 Feb 2023 18:21:59 +0000 http://www.thisdayinaviation.com/?p=2913#comment-28485 That waist gunner looked very busy that day.

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By: David Nash https://www.thisdayinaviation.com/1-february-1943/#comment-26241 Tue, 01 Feb 2022 13:57:00 +0000 http://www.thisdayinaviation.com/?p=2913#comment-26241 from Wikipedia:
Several false myths accrued in the lore of the All American,[8] some of which were refuted in a 2012 interview of her bombardier Ralph Burbridge.[5] Burbridge explained that the aircraft returned to her base in North Africa, and could not have made a long trip back to England as widely recounted.[5] The base near Biskra, Algeria, was a more reasonable 300 miles from the bombing target.[8]

Burbridge also said that the collision occurred when the bomber group was returning to base after having dropped its bombs on target, so that the aircraft did not complete a bombing run after being damaged as had been incorrectly recounted.[5] Burbridge’s account confirms that the ten crew members donned their parachutes, contradicting stories that the crew sacrificed some of their parachutes to hold the plane together or for an in-flight rescue of crew members from the isolated tail section.[5]

The Harold Adamson and Jimmy McHugh 1943 song “Comin’ In on a Wing and a Prayer” was not written about All American as sometimes reported, but was about another 97th Bomb Group B-17, Thunderbird.[8]

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By: Bryan Swopes https://www.thisdayinaviation.com/1-february-1943/#comment-25186 Sat, 13 Feb 2021 02:31:33 +0000 http://www.thisdayinaviation.com/?p=2913#comment-25186 In reply to Graham Clayton.

I don’t know. The fighter pilot would have been lucky to survive the collision.

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By: Graham Clayton https://www.thisdayinaviation.com/1-february-1943/#comment-25178 Sat, 13 Feb 2021 01:04:13 +0000 http://www.thisdayinaviation.com/?p=2913#comment-25178 Did the Bf 109G land successfully?

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By: Bryan Swopes https://www.thisdayinaviation.com/1-february-1943/#comment-22700 Fri, 01 Feb 2019 19:03:02 +0000 http://www.thisdayinaviation.com/?p=2913#comment-22700 In reply to Marc.

It was a common enough repair, but I suspect it would need to be done with some precision. Looking at those North African airfields of the period, I doubt the facilities were as well-equipped as they would be on one of the air bases in England.

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