TALE OF A HAPPY LANDING
One of the most extraordinary incidents of the Avar must surely be the ease of the air gunner Avho did not jump. It happened following a reconnaissance flight. The aircraft became iced-up and unmanageable. The order went bacw to jump overboard but -the rear gunner did not hear the order bocause his telephone avas iced-un also. His companions obeyed the order, ignorant of the fact that the other member of the creAV had nol heard the command. They believed he. too, had started to float doAvn. Still at his post, hoAvever, tb? gunner in the tail lelt glad thai they Avere making a good course and nearing home. By the queerest streak of good fortune the aircraft finally pancaked in safe territory, The gunner, although badly shaken, rushed as he thought to the rescue of his friend. Imagine his consternation when he l\mnd that they had disappeared. He had ''brought the 'plane honv? alone."
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 2, Issue 180, 1 July 1940, Page 3
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159TALE OF A HAPPY LANDING Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 2, Issue 180, 1 July 1940, Page 3
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