A life's (fatal) lesson on how NOT to maintain magnetos

WymanV said

There were instances of crews with the 8th AAF who loaded up so much ammo for a mission it upset the aircraft's CG causing the plane to crash on takeoff. Pilots learned to keep a pretty close eye on that, particularly as missions went deeper into Germany.

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the supposed normal load of 7000 rounds is already 1700-1800 pounds of ammo and belt. the listed max weight is also max landing weight, they could take off with more weight, but it was dangerous as the bombs would need to be ditched for an emergency landing.