When This B-17 Lost Its Entire Nose — This Crew Flew 10 Minutes Pulling Bare Cables
WW2 RecordsWhy First Lieutenant Ewald Swanson's crew flew a B-17 by pulling bare control cables with their hands during WW2 — and kept it airborne for ten minutes without a cockpit. This World War 2 story reveals how eight men survived what Boeing engineers said was impossible. July 14, 1944. First Lieutenant