you can see the glass of the pilots cockpit right behind a shred of steel.
The pilot is likely flying very blind, and only based on the plane taking the photo.
They likely had some structural steel that prevented them from dying instantly from the blast. or maybe it got shredded, and they kept it up through pure will, then died afterwards.
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Onomatopoeia@lemmy.cafe · 42 pts · 101d
Ok, this is one where we need a red circle for where the pilot would be.
Holy cow that's nuts.
setsneedtofeed@lemmy.world · 41 pts · 101d
Up high and just forward of the top ball turret.
call_me_xale@lemmy.zip · 20 pts · 101d
Honestly, I'm still having a hard time seeing it. There doesn't appear to be anything forward of the ball turret...
doomsdayrs@lemmy.ml · 5 pts · 100d
you can see the glass of the pilots cockpit right behind a shred of steel.
The pilot is likely flying very blind, and only based on the plane taking the photo.
They likely had some structural steel that prevented them from dying instantly from the blast. or maybe it got shredded, and they kept it up through pure will, then died afterwards.
acockworkorange@mander.xyz · 1 pts · 98d
I had to use quite a bit of imagination, but now I can guess where the pilot was. Thank you.
Davel23@fedia.io · 20 pts · 101d
I guess the bombardier and navigator were out of luck.
Onomatopoeia@lemmy.cafe · 4 pts · 100d
Yea, article says they were killed.
Onomatopoeia@lemmy.cafe · 5 pts · 100d
Thanks for the diagram, I can at least see where the pilot would be now.
urandom@lemmy.world · 25 pts · 100d
Wait. So the front fell off?
zergtoshi@lemmy.world · 16 pts · 100d
Yeah, that’s not very typical, I’d like to make that point.
redhorsejacket@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 100d
I just don't want people thinking bombers aren't safe.
LovableSidekick@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 100d
They had to fly it out beyond the environment.
Codpiece@feddit.uk · 1 pts · 100d
No, it wasn’t built by Boeing.
LovableSidekick@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 100d
wut? Probably was. Boeing designed the B-17 and built more than half of them.
Codpiece@feddit.uk · 2 pts · 100d
Ok, that’ll teach me to try and be amusing without doing research.
JackFrostNCola@aussie.zone · 7 pts · 100d
acockworkorange@mander.xyz · 1 pts · 98d
Where is this from?
JackFrostNCola@aussie.zone · 1 pts · 96d
Some (japanese?) Cooking tutorial back in the day. I remember it popping up on reddit ~8years ago or so and becoming a meme.
Hawke@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 100d
Colorized by AI? Because the damaged area in the color version looks nothing like the mono version.
LovableSidekick@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 100d
My pappy said they used to call that a "front row seat".