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Originally Posted by Adm.Lee
The C-47/DC-3 might rank up there, too. At least one lost a few feet off a wing to one of the Himalaya Mountains, and flew home. Another was rammed by a Japanese fighter and survived to come home. All this, and there are some still flying today, 70+ years after the design was first built.
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Don't forget the B-17 that got rammed by a Fw 190, cutting all but the keel and a couple of feet right behind the waist guns, the Flying Fortress made it back to England, landed and then the tail dropped off.
Watching those old b&w films can show some pretty amazing stuff.