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The B-17 That Flew Home With Half Its Crew Dead

February 1943: A B-17 Flying Fortress was supposed to explode when a German fighter slammed into its tail at 400 miles per hour. Instead, Lieutenant Ken Bragg kept flying with his tail section hanging by two pieces of aluminum and radio brackets. The All American became known as the "Miracle Bomber" - the aircraft that proved Boeing's Flying Fortress could survive anything. This is the story of how ten American airmen refused to give up when physics said they should be dead. *Sources:* • B-17F All American Aircraft Records, National Archives, College Park • "Flying Fortress: The Boeing B-17" by William N. Hess, Motorbooks International • 97th Bombardment Group Combat Reports, Army Air Forces Historical Archives • "Masters of the Air" by Donald L. Miller, Simon & Schuster (2006) • 414th Bombardment Squadron War Diary, Air Force Historical Research Agency • Ralph Burbridge Bombardier Interview, American Air Museum Archives • "B-17 Flying Fortress Units of the Mediterranean Theater" by William N. Hess, Osprey Publishing • Aircraft Accident Investigation Report 41-24406, Army Air Forces • "The Mighty Eighth: Units, Men and Machines" by Roger A. Freeman, Cassell • North African Campaign Aviation Records, Maxwell Air Force Base Archives • Boeing Aircraft Company B-17 Structural Analysis Reports • Tunisia Campaign Air Combat Documentation, National World War II Museum ** Dont forget to like and subscribe!! ** Watch Next:    • The Marine Who Built a 1,500 RPM Death Mac...   #WWII #B17 #FlyingFortress #AllAmerican #BomberCrew #Aviation #Tunisia #Boeing #MiracleSurvival SEO Keywords: B-17 Flying Fortress All American miracle survival, mid-air collision German fighter Tunisia 1943, Lieutenant Ken Bragg pilot Duke University, tail section severed aluminum threads, 97th Bombardment Group 414th Squadron, Boeing bomber structural damage impossible flight, ten crew members survived emergency landing, North African campaign aviation history, Flying Fortress legendary toughness, aircraft collision aviation miracle February 1943