"WW2 Luftwaffe Aircraft Shot Down Over Los Angeles"

[Auggie56]

Well, not quite.

"This WW2 German marked SNJ-5 made an emergency landing on the 101 Freeway in the Western San Fernando Valley yesterday.

The aircraft apparently was based at Van Nuys airport. The pilot said the engine quit and he made a landing on the freeway. As you can see from the photos that area is quite hilly and offers very few places to land an airplane.

The airplane apparently bounded on landing and the left wing ended up on the concrete center divider. A fuel leak apparently developed and the aircraft caught fire.

The freeway was closed as a result and traffic was backed up for 30 miles or more. He may have not been shot down but I'll bet there are a lot of commuters that were wishing they'd had a gun handy."

 

[metaldad]

wow. a total loss
looks like a fw190
just over 20,000 built
about 28 originals left.
about 20 reproduction

 

[Auggie56]

wow. a total loss
looks like a fw190
just over 20,000 built
about 28 originals left.
about 20 reproduction

It's an American SJN or T-6 Texan trainer as it's sometimes called.

 

[NJRR]

Hope the pilot was ok.

 

[polywideblock]

yesterday in aircraft #6124 !

 

[Budnicks]

too bad,
It wasn't shot down either
looked like a cool vintage WWII plane
gone now

 

[MoparMitch]

Yeahh... That a real shame, but I think it is just a relabeled US Aircraft

 

[Bladecutter]

Well, not quite.

"This WW2 German marked SNJ-5 made an emergency landing on the 101 Freeway in the Western San Fernando Valley yesterday.

The aircraft apparently was based at Van Nuys airport. The pilot said the engine quit and he made a landing on the freeway. As you can see from the photos that area is quite hilly and offers very few places to land an airplane.

The airplane apparently bounded on landing and the left wing ended up on the concrete center divider. A fuel leak apparently developed and the aircraft caught fire.

The freeway was closed as a result and traffic was backed up for 30 miles or more. He may have not been shot down but I'll bet there are a lot of commuters that were wishing they'd had a gun handy."View attachment 672773 View attachment 672774

Yep, North American a/c....SNJ 'Harvard' was Navy version trainer & AT-6 'Texan' was the USAAF trainer,, both pretty much the same birds.
It's my understanding that the pilot made a clean dead stick landing but on roll out there was one car in his path oblivious to what was occurring( L.A., probably on cell phone), so the pilot intentionally hit the median wall to avoid hitting the car.

 

[Dipstick]

Well, not quite.

"This WW2 German marked SNJ-5 made an emergency landing on the 101 Freeway in the Western San Fernando Valley yesterday.

The aircraft apparently was based at Van Nuys airport. The pilot said the engine quit and he made a landing on the freeway. As you can see from the photos that area is quite hilly and offers very few places to land an airplane.

The airplane apparently bounded on landing and the left wing ended up on the concrete center divider. A fuel leak apparently developed and the aircraft caught fire.

The freeway was closed as a result and traffic was backed up for 30 miles or more. He may have not been shot down but I'll bet there are a lot of commuters that were wishing they'd had a gun handy."View attachment 672773 View attachment 672774

 

[Dipstick]

I'm questioning the taste of someone who would paint a T-6 in that livery.

 

[coronet68mx]

Along with the ME 109 the FW 190 ( the ME262 although a state of the art airplane was very unreliable, the junker jumo 004 turbine fail a lot )were the best german fighters during wwII but it doesn't look like a fw-190 the cockpit is different .

 

[Photon440]

I'm questioning the taste of someone who would paint a T-6 in that livery.

Most likely, the Condor Squadron used it along with their other planes for simulated dogfights during airshows.

 

[Bladecutter]

Most likely, the Condor Squadron used it along with their other planes for simulated dogfights during airshows.

And possibly for filming like SNJ/AT-6 types were used as substitutes for Japanese aircraft in the original 'Tora, Tora, Tora' movie.

 

[Richard Cranium]

( the ME262 although a state of the art airplane was very unreliable, the junker jumo 004 turbine fail a lot ).

Hence the reason they were called Junkers.

 

[rumblefish360]

LOL! Pronounced “Yon-kers” (Yonkers)

 

[Cranky]

Yeah....saw that on the news yesterday. Hate to see any old aircraft burn down.

 

[coronet68mx]

Hence the reason they were called Junkers.

 

[coronet68mx]

And possibly for filming like SNJ/AT-6 types were used as substitutes for Japanese aircraft in the original 'Tora, Tora, Tora' movie.

Great movie not a single Mitsubishi zero remains.

 

[Auggie56]

Great movie not a single Mitsubishi zero remains.

One flying with an American engine in it Chino Calfornia. And I think I read there is another with the original "Saky: engine.

 

[Auggie56]

LOL! Pronounced “Yon-kers” (Yonkers)

Hey, Yonkers is a suburb of New Yourk isn't it?