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B-25s in lava cinders near Mt Vesuvius

1944-03-23

These North American B-25s were bogged down in dunes of lava cinders, from the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius on 23 March 1944. The weight of cinders and ashes on the tail of the planes was so heavy that the nose was lifted off the ground.

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