Budd RB-1 Conestoga transport plane. A real odd and rare WWII plane
taken from fb/A war to be won

more info:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Budd_RB_Conestoga



Ugly Budd ;)

'2nd Lt Alton Frazer's FG-1D Corsair after an engagement with N1K2-J Shiden-Kais of the 343rd ...'
That's what the caption on fb reads.I have my doubts but cannot prove it.Can a Corsair sustain this damage in combat and make it home?Some parts of the airframe look like something heavy(not bullits) hit it and pushed the metal inward?Damaged while on the ground?Any more info welcome if it can be found :)

Heavy damage

 B-17 on a raid over Budapest takes an 88mm hit in the nose. The bombardier and navigator were killed instantly. The back section of the plane filled with dense smoke and the five men in that section bailed out. The pilot and co-pilot kept it flying for about ten minutes without instruments before the sub zero temps and the fear of stalling convinced the three remaining crew to bail out. All eight airmen were captured.