If you would like to see the 8th Air Force shooting the crap out of German trains, this is a good video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nzTCJI863N4
Nice job on the pilots and photos too. No snowflakes back then for sure.
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Yes, but did they ever put locomotive kill flags on their birds? 
Fun to watch! Thanks for posting. Trains and combat aircraft together are always interesting.
I bought a print of this painting by Jack Fellows last year. Have not framed it yet.
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So what happens to the Steam engine when it's boilers are all shot up? Does it just stop or blow up?
prrhorseshoecurve posted:So what happens to the Steam engine when it's boilers are all shot up? Does it just stop
Yes.
or blow up?
Sometimes.
Gilly@N&W posted:M. Mitchell Marmel posted:
Yes, but did they ever put locomotive kill flags on their birds?
It would appear that the answer is yes... far left third down
Does that make the pilot a Locomotive Ace? John in Lansing, ILL
love those Mustangs.
Now being in my early 80's, and being a pre teen back then, I'd like to say during WW 11 the men who flew bombers and fighters where my heros.
The story of the "Memphis Belle" was one of my favorites. I saw her years ago, in Memphis, wasting away.
Not any more!
Check this out https://youtu.be/VcRXOdqwxwE
I apologize for inserting this video on this topic, but I think Y'all will like it.
Ed
The fighters depicted in the poster are P 38 Lightnings
In reference to what happens when the loco gets shot up, from the film it looks like when one of those .50 cal rounds punctures the boiler shell and a fire tube, the steam blasts its way down the tube and out the stack...that is if it does not blow up. There is one gun camera view of one loco going up like an atom bomb, the pilot quickly veering up and away as metal from the local comes sailing by, was not in this video though. Boiler explosions just from things like water below the crown sheet can be so violent, only the frame and wheels are left.
CALNNC posted:In reference to what happens when the loco gets shot up, from the film it looks like when one of those .50 cal rounds punctures the boiler shell and a fire tube, the steam blasts its way down the tube and out the stack...that is if it does not blow up.
In one of the scenes, you can see a huge blast/column of steam exit and rise from the cab area of the shot-up locomotive. Obviously that also blew the coal fire back into the cab as well.
There is one gun camera view of one loco going up like an atom bomb, the pilot quickly veering up and away as metal from the local comes sailing by, was not in this video though.
I was waiting for the clip of strafing an apparent amount dump, in the trees or buildings, and the whole mess explodes upwards right into the face of the fighter pilot.
Boiler explosions just from things like water below the crown sheet can be so violent, only the frame and wheels are left.
Subs did not paint sinkings on the hull. Many had a battle flag based on the boats name.
One boat in WWII help sent in a special team. They disabled a train, so the sub crew sowed a steam locomotive on their flag.
Hot Water posted:CALNNC posted:In reference to what happens when the loco gets shot up, from the film it looks like when one of those .50 cal rounds punctures the boiler shell and a fire tube, the steam blasts its way down the tube and out the stack...that is if it does not blow up.
In one of the scenes, you can see a huge blast/column of steam exit and rise from the cab area of the shot-up locomotive. Obviously that also blew the coal fire back into the cab as well.
There is one gun camera view of one loco going up like an atom bomb, the pilot quickly veering up and away as metal from the local comes sailing by, was not in this video though.
I was waiting for the clip of strafing an apparent amount dump, in the trees or buildings, and the whole mess explodes upwards right into the face of the fighter pilot.
Boiler explosions just from things like water below the crown sheet can be so violent, only the frame and wheels are left.
I was watching and thinking the same thing. With that almighty spout through the stack, I hated to think what was happening at the firebox end.
Have always been a fan of the P47 and P51, especially models A-C with the "razorback" design. Pretty neat videos posted. Thank you to all our vets.
SteamWolf posted:Have always been a fan of the P47 and P51, especially models A-C with the "razorback" design. Pretty neat videos posted. Thank you to all our vets.
I bet the pilots preferred the enhanced visibility of the "D" model.
PRR Man posted:love those Mustangs.
P-38.
From the Fagen's Fighter's WW2 airshow this month:
Kent in SD
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