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Luftwaffe Fighter Pilots explain why attacking a B-17 Flying Fortress formation from behind was like 'trying to make love to a porcupine that is on fire'
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The Ki-43 pilot lionized by Japanese as the first to deliberately ram a B-17 likely misjudged the attack approach and hit the bomber - The Aviation Geek Club
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A liquid cooled b17 prototype. 1 was built and crashed. Nothing further came of the project : r/Warthunder
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Boeing B-17E aircraft were the first component of Cactus Air Force. Here are all the challenges faced to supply the Flying Fortress bombers that reached South Pacific. - The Aviation Geek Club
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The story of the crew of a badly damaged American B-17 that was saved by a Luftwaffe Bf 109 pilot that escorted the crippled bomber over the North Sea - The Aviation
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