2025年1月17日 · This B-17 crew narrowly escaped disaster, becoming the first to survive a fatal flaw in the aircraft’s design. Their survival not only saved their lives but also led to a critical engineering breakthrough. YouTube / FlakAlley. Investigations revealed the issue: chafing.

2021年3月1日 · During World War II, it was primarily employed in the daylight strategic bombing campaign. But for all its great features and impressive performance, it had a rather fatal flaw. This flaw led to a couple of B-17s to spontaneously combust mid-flight.

2022年7月7日 · These crew members need to count their lucky stars after surviving that accident. Being the first crew to survive this fatal B-17 flaw, helped engineers finally discover what the cause of the problem was. Based on their investigation, chaffing was the problem.

2020年12月6日 · The B-17 flying fortress had a Mysterious but Fatal design flaw from the first day they entered service. A flaw that would cause a number of B-17s to sponta...

2020年12月6日 · A design flaw in the B-17 caused the oxygen hoses to run at the base of the top turret. Constant rubbing against these hoses by the swiveling turret eventually cut through the hoses and caused an oxygen fire, which shot forward between the pilot and co-pilot and into the nose of the plane, which housed the navigator and bombardier .

2025年1月3日 · The B-17 Flying Fortress had a fatal flaw, no one knew which, for a time. There were crashes landing. Gassed and sapped, after hours flying over occupied territory, were blamed to the pilots.

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2024年5月1日 · On a routine return flight on August 7th, 1944, Lieutenant George and his crew found themselves confronting a mysterious flaw that threatened their very survival. What ensued was a harrowing...