The Pilot Who Landed Two B-17s At Once

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When flight manuals stated that a mid-air collision was a death sentence, they didn't account for First Lieutenant Glenn Rojohn. Amidst the chaos of a bombing run over Germany, two B-17 Flying Fortresses didn't just crash—they fused together. What should have been a catastrophic fireball became a 60-ton aerodynamic anomaly... until Rojohn realized he had to land the "double-decker" beast to save his crew. This is the untold story of the "Piggyback Flight," a feat of piloting that seemingly broke the laws of physics.

On December 31, 1944, the impossible happened. After a collision slammed another bomber onto Rojohn's back, the propellers locked the two giants into a death grip. With engines failing and gravity taking hold, experts would agree the aircraft were unflyable. But Rojohn, struggling against the massive weight of a second plane on top of his own, refused to bail out. Ignoring panic, he wrestled the controls of an eight-engine monstrosity to the ground in a maneuver that remains one of the most unbelievable events in aviation history.

The Pilot Who Landed Two B-17s At Once

✅In this video we cover:
-The physics-defying collision that locked two B-17s together mid-air
-Lt. Glenn Rojohn’s struggle to pilot 60 tons of dead weight
-The harrowing decision to ride the "Piggyback" plane all the way down
-How the entangled bombers crash-landed in Germany without exploding
-The fate of the crews and their capture by astonished German soldiers

This World War 2 story proves that in the face of certain death, the most critical component isn't the machinery—it’s the pilot's will. Glenn Rojohn didn't just survive a crash; he wrestled a miracle out of a disaster, proving that American airmen could do the impossible even when the planes themselves gave up.

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