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Old 26th July 2017, 15:18
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Re: Fake photo? -Me 163 with B-17

There is a rotatable view of a B-17 G here:
https://hum3d.com/360-view/?id=165468

This is a B-17G (not an F) and you can't move vertically up and down but you can rotate it to get the proper view angle. It looks to me that when you are at the correct angle the left wing would end at about the same place as the left horizontal stabilizer. That is, the left wing would either block your view of the left horizontal stabilizer or if the stabilizer was visible (above or below the wing) the stabilizer would end even with the left wing tip.

The photo does not show that, it is like the whole tail of the plane has been twisted toward the viewer to project out beyond the wing, so I think it is fake. It is probably two photos of a B-17, a front half and a back half stuck together or a front half photo with a drawing for the back. However it was done, the viewing angles of the front and back don't seem match up.

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