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Stephen - agreed. My read of the photo is that the root of the elevator is below the line of the Windows, but is flexed up by impact at an angle. The control surface is also in a slightly raised attitude. More troubling to me is the rudder above the gunner's position. On a B-17 the rudder should cover the roof of the position, but that isn't the case in the photo. Maybe impact or battle damage sheared off most of the rudder?