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I saw this interesting story today.

The top turret gun of McNab’s plane was now locked in the belly of Rojohn’s plane and the ball turret in the belly of Rojohn’s had smashed through the top of McNab’s. The two bombers were almost perfectly aligned — the tail of the lower plane was slightly to the left of Rojohn’s tailpiece. They were stuck together, as a crewman later recalled, “like mating dragon flies.”
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the whole story is here:

https://www.warhistoryonline.com/world-war-ii/piggyback-hero-m.html
 
I've read stories of these things flying in formation with disastrous results including bombing each other. Who needs enemies?
 

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