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At Falcon Field in Mesa, Arizona

They're publicly usable, so feel free to add them to your channel here :^)

eres un ángel y yo no soy tan malvado.

My youngest son inside the waist gunner’s compartment of the Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress “Sentimental Journey”. If there’s a haunted spot on the B-17, it’s the waist gunners’ position.⠀ ⠀ I had found a while back the US Army Air Forces' casualty survey on the European strategic bombing campaign done at the end of the Second World War. By far, the most dangerous position on the B-17 was that of the two waist gunners in the aft fuselage with a 21% casualty rate (killed + wounded). Next most dangerous position in the Flying Fortress was the bombardier with an 18% casualty rate, primarily due to the exposed position in the nose.⠀ ⠀ Tail gunner and navigator (again due to the navigator's exposed position in the nose) were next down the list, with a casualty rate of 13%. The radio operator and dorsal turret gunner were next with a casualty rate of 8%.⠀ ⠀ Next down the casualty rate list are the pilot and co-pilot at 7%. One of the favored tactics by the Luftwaffe was to attack the bombers head on to try and kill the pilots. It was one of the primary driver why the B-17G got the chin turret on the nose that earlier B-17 variants lacked- added firepower up front to combat the Luftwaffe's tactics.⠀ ⠀ Safest position on the B-17 Flying Fortress? Believe it or not, the ball turret gunner had a casualty rate of only 6%. Despite the exposed position in the belly and being in the same part of the aircraft as the two waist gunners.⠀ ⠀ Being a physician, I found it interesting that the most common lethal injury to B-17 crews were head wounds but the most common non-lethal injury were lower extremity wounds. Surprisingly the least common injury were chest and abdominal injuries, likely due to flak vests the crew wore.⠀ ⠀ November Aviation Photo Challenge | @kjdphoto1971 | #1119planes | “Lest We Forget" | Day 11⠀ ⠀ #avgeek #aviation #aircraft #planeporn #CAFAirbaseArizona #Mesa #Phoenix #FalconField #KFFZ #FFZ #Arizona #airport #planespotting #instaplane #instagramaviation #Boeing #B17 #FlyingFortress #USAAF #instaaviation #aviationlovers #mil-aviation_originals #aviationphotography #flight #AvgeekSchoolofKnowledge #AvGeekNation #TeamAvGeek (at CAF Airbase Arizona) https://www.instagram.com/p/B4vTxCYBYcq/?igshid=1aho45shgn99e

found this gaggle of freaks in my sea of abandoned wips

all i have to offer is crumbs after midterm season stuffed me in a locker and took my lunch money