An interesting pic.

[Tovarish 0]

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (Mister Frag @ Feb. 21 2003,05:39)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">Nope, Tovarish, check out the paint jobs and markings, one set of planes belonged to the Marines, the other to the Navy -- separate incidents.<span id='postcolor'>

Good point, and you may be right, but I find it more likely that the two pics Tex posted are actually the same plane, and the one in Navy markings you posted was the other one involved (since that one has an agressor cammo scheme), otherwise, what are the chances of such an incident occurring with the same type of plane, and the same type of damage?  

[Tovarish 0]

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (Warin @ Feb. 21 2003,05:44)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">I wish I could find a picture I saw (or think I saw) a few years back of a B-17 that had been almost cut in half by the wing of a German fighter that slammed into it.  THe think managed to limp back to it's base!

Off to google to see if it's more than just my imagination.<span id='postcolor'>

I saw that in a book long ago, you're not imagining things

[Tex -USMC- 0]

Hell I dunno, I'll let y'all figure it out

[Mister Frag 0]

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (Tovarish @ Feb. 20 2003,20:45)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE"></span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (Mister Frag @ Feb. 21 2003,05:39)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">Nope, Tovarish, check out the paint jobs and markings, one set of planes belonged to the Marines, the other to the Navy -- separate incidents.<span id='postcolor'>

Good point, and you may be right, but I find it more likely that the two pics Tex posted are actually the same plane, and the one in Navy markings you posted was the other one involved (since that one has an agressor cammo scheme), otherwise, what are the chances of such an incident occurring with the same type of plane, and the same type of damage?   <span id='postcolor'>

OK, now YOU have an excellent point!

On close inspection, the last image from my post shows damage that appears to be identical to what is shown in your post. That is probably one and the same aircraft.