WWII D-Day Martin Marauder B-26 direct hit

Martin Marauder B-26 going down , which bombardment group is this one from ? and did the crew survived ?

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• Marauder
• WWII
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• hit

[HappyRogger]

"Louisiana Mud Hen" aka "Circle Jerk"

s/n 41-31896

453rd BS, 323rd BG, 9th AF

all crew KIA :(

[ChampionFx]

@HappyRogger

Thank you for flickr details , I thought there was no happy ending , final sortie of the young brave man crew of the Allied Air Forces ! R.I.P. ;-(

[HappyRogger]

@ChampionFx

Btw, this is one of some unrealistic part of il-2 or il-2:cod. In many cases crew of big plane (or fighter) dont have chanse bail out. In game this chanse we have always, without dependence from any rotation and position plane in air.

[ChampionFx]

@HappyRogger agree 100%, can't imagine jumping out, deadly situation with plunging rolling out of control badly damaged bomber, G-forces picking up and it's not exactly comfortable inside for any fast exit movement.

It would be great to have IL-2 1946 & IL-2 CloD code better optimized if possible to reflect more reality taking more precisely in to consideration, rolling, spinning and aircraft damage condition for the crew bail out tuning.

So many bombers crewman did not make it back ;(

[bk600rrcbr]

my grandfather was a gunner in the 391st 575th. RIP to all are fallen military

[noonsight2010]

A sobering clip illustrating the sacrifices of so many for our freedom. Thanks to the heroes who fought against the Axis powers in WW2 are so inadequate. I hope the crew rest in peace.

[jfujiwara777]

cheating 

[ShadowFoxAlpha]

@repairdroid77 I think you are spot on there my friend nice job.

[repairdroid77]

That was the engine coming off. If you look closely you can see the four blades of the prop as the engine mounts fail and torque twists the engine loose and it trucks under the wing. Those ac had four blades on their props.

[ShadowFoxAlpha]

That is not a person jumping out of the plane, it is the plane's left landing gear which is housed behind the engine that makes up the engine "pod" . Damage from the hit destroyed the bars holding the landing gear in place as well as the skin of the plane causing it to simply tumble out. From the altitude of the plane it is an 88 shell impact. Watch closely (:13-:14) you see the object comes from right behind the engine pod on the wing,to big to be a person,not the fuselage(where the crew is).

[MrTubbymarshall]

@roaklin thank you roaklin, and i do agree. i was saying that it would be more than a cannon round or two to cause catastrophic failure like this. an 88 shell is more than capable of causing a mess such as this. i usually class an 88mm gun as more than just a cannon, am i right in saying so? thank you for your reply.

[roaklin]

@MrTubbymarshall an 88 shell would do that, the engine is under alot of torque from the propeller spinning as that plane is at full power if it has a bomb load to stay air borne. The shell damage ANY of the supports holding the engine in place, the engine twists and with the air speed, the forces of propeller etc you get what you just saw.

[chanctonbury63]

Wow. He got out quickly!

[nickmitsialis]

@MrTubbymarshall a hit by an 88 mil, perhaps?