"Aluminum Overcast" damaged by gear collapse

I know that the airplane's name "Aluminum Overcast" is meant to imply
a large airplane, but during WWII, it meant something entirely
different. The fighter pilots had be carefull about flying underneath
the bomber formations because there was considerable danger from being
hit by falling parts from all the bombers being blown apart. They
called it the "aluminum overcast."

Corky Scott









The first time I saw a B-24 in the air, I got 'target' fixation. The big
silvery beast was so awesome in appearance, I forgot about the closure rate
(albeit slow) when joining up on the wing. I had to shove my nose down to
avoid co-mingling aluminum parts. I just kept thinking "Wow, all that aluminum
would make a lot of pots and pans".
VL