Robert M. Gary wrote:

The DE who did my private told me about a friend that went through
flight training with him in the B-17 and later the B-24(could have
been 25 though). He crashed after take off because of this and spent
the rest of his life with scaring on his face from the burns.

The B-24 and B-25 gear folds such that there would be some precession
effect. The B-17 just can't have any. The gear swings forward and up
along the plane of rotation.