"Incredible story of the Lancaster pilot who bailed out..." Topic
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| Tango01 | 26 Apr 2014 12:30 p.m. PST |
… over Germany whose life was saved when a searchlight helped him find his parachute…which wasn't strapped on. "The remarkable story of how a free-falling wartime pilot was saved when the beam of a searchlight enabled him to locate his parachute has emerged for the first time. Squadron Leader Barry Douetil plunged out of his blazing Lancaster bomber at 20,000ft and was horrified when he realised his parachute wasn't strapped to his body. It was only when he hurtled for a split second through the bright beam of the German searchlight that he spotted it was on the end of a strap 10ft above him…"
Full article here.
link Amicalement
Armand |
| Evzone | 26 Apr 2014 7:50 p.m. PST |
Incredible, thank you for posting. |
| Ironwolf | 27 Apr 2014 2:37 a.m. PST |
wow, what an amazing story. |
| Tango01 | 27 Apr 2014 8:49 p.m. PST |
Happy you enjoyed it boys!. (smile). Amicalement
Armand |
 Legion 4   | 28 Apr 2014 8:27 a.m. PST |
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| Tango01 | 28 Apr 2014 10:56 a.m. PST |
Glad you like it my good friend. Amicalement
Armand |
| 138SquadronRAF | 05 May 2014 3:27 p.m. PST |
So was the story of Nick Alkemade link |
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looks at some new terrain products, which use space age technology!
