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[w3526602]

Hi,

I earlier mentioned a B17 bomber that returned to UK with an Me109 buried in the fuselage. Somebody sort of challenged that, so I tried to trace my story back. And now I can't find the original thread.

http://warbirdsnews.com/warbird-articles/wwiis-b-17-all-american-separating-fact-fiction.html

Sorry, it seems only parts of the fighter were inside the B17 known as "All American" .

There is something in my memory, from my first reading, that the pilot had to do an 8 mile radius U-turn,  else the tail would have fallen off. I believe the tail gunner had to sit and bear it.

I assume we all know about the RAF tail gunner who bailed out of a burning Lancaster  ... without a parachute. He woke up with a sore knee.

602

PS, I flew at 41,000ft and 550knots in 1961. But that was in an RAF VIP Comet. Smooooth!

[Matt Reeves]

 https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_American_(aircraft)

The 97th had previously been based in the UK, at Polebrook Northamptonshire, but by the time of the All American incident they had moved to Africa as part of the 12th Air Force.