It's evident from the photo that the bullet hit the LE flap whilst it was extended, and the mushrooming about the tip in the first photo shows that it entered tip first. From experience I would guess the aircraft was probably at about 2,000 feet when hit, if the fire were vertical, of course lower if oblique, which would seem to be the case with LE extended. One occasion I had a crewman sitting on the floor with his back against my seat and we took a burst of AK while flying at 2,000. He jumped up with an expletive and found a round had penetrated the outer skin and caused just a dent to the floor where his buttocks were positioned. It was generally assumed that at 1,500 you were safe from AK.
Last edited by megan; 20th Jan 2017 at 04:01.
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