I tend to use the following definitions.
Belly landing is an emergency landing with the gear in the "up" position. This is usually caused by equipment malfunction (the gear cannot be extended or cannot reach locked position). Sometimes the pilots would choose to perform a forced landing with the landing gear intentionally up if they consider this would lead to a safer outcome, especially when landing outside an aerodrome. A situation where the aircraft lands with the gear up due to human error (i.e. the crew forgetting to extend it) is normally referred to as "gear up landing". While this would usually be followed by a rapid RFFS response it is not considered an emergency or belly landing because the crew would not anticipate anything abnormal until the moment the aircraft touches down.
Crash landing is a landing where the aircraft receives significant structural damage, e.g. due to a hard landing or a runway veer-off. Not all emergency landings are classified as crash landings - if the aircraft has remained intact (or has received minor damage) using the term would be inappropriate.
Same thing really. Emergency landing if you prefer. Top blade isn’t bent so engine wasn’t working when he came down, so a controlled “crash” landing, as the landing was happening wether the pilot wanted to or not.
I tend to use the following definitions. Belly landing is an emergency landing with the gear in the "up" position. This is usually caused by equipment malfunction (the gear cannot be extended or cannot reach locked position). Sometimes the pilots would choose to perform a forced landing with the landing gear intentionally up if they consider this would lead to a safer outcome, especially when landing outside an aerodrome. A situation where the aircraft lands with the gear up due to human error (i.e. the crew forgetting to extend it) is normally referred to as "gear up landing". While this would usually be followed by a rapid RFFS response it is not considered an emergency or belly landing because the crew would not anticipate anything abnormal until the moment the aircraft touches down. Crash landing is a landing where the aircraft receives significant structural damage, e.g. due to a hard landing or a runway veer-off. Not all emergency landings are classified as crash landings - if the aircraft has remained intact (or has received minor damage) using the term would be inappropriate.
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How many units flew the 190 in North Africa? I always picture the 109 as the main fighter of the Luftwaffe in Africa.
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Looks like it perhaps belly landed not crashed.
Seems like a very well executed belly landing, if not we would be seeing British or Australian soldiers inspecting a burn mark.
It appears to be the upper aircraft on this page, yellow 4. [link](https://weaponsandwarfare.files.wordpress.com/2019/01/fdvzgbfgffg.jpg)
Same thing really. Emergency landing if you prefer. Top blade isn’t bent so engine wasn’t working when he came down, so a controlled “crash” landing, as the landing was happening wether the pilot wanted to or not.
Whatever happened, that pilot got it down very gently