"What One Small Fragmentation Bomb Could Do--This B-24 was hit with one small fragmentation bomb during one of the nightly air raids at Luichow [Liuzhou], China.This particular plane just happened to be a new B-24 that had never flown a mission. As bad as it looks it was not a total loss since the engines were removed, inspected and run-outs done on the crankshafts to be sure they were not damaged. All the engines were used to replace blown engines on the B-24's that were flying gas into China from India. The pilots and crews of these planes were glad to get new engines for the blown ones." Caption courtesy of Elmer Bukey.
!["What One Small Fragmentation Bomb Could Do--This B-24 was hit with one small fragmentation bomb during one of the nightly air raids at Luichow [Liuzhou], China.This particular plane just happened to be a new B-24 that had never flown a mission. As bad as it looks it was not a total loss since the engines were removed, inspected and run-outs done on the crankshafts to be sure they were not damaged. All the engines were used to replace blown engines on the B-24's that were flying gas into China from India. T](/sites/default/files/styles/main_article_image_950_wide/public/article/images/1178005480KW1t1O.jpg?itok=wNVoM6wv)
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