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AMAZING ESCAPE

ORDEAL IN MID-AIR

(N.Z.P.A. Special Aust. Correspondent)

SYDNEY, August 20,

A fantastic story of an escape from death was told bv an American air gunner, Sergeant G. 0. Hollister. He was under gunner in a heavy bomber which attacked Zeros over New Guinea. When a cannon shell blew olf the door of his turret Hollister fell out backwards. but his feet caught behind a bar connecting twin guns, leaving him hanging in mid-air. He shouted for help through the transmitter of the plane’s intercommunication system, and another gunner pulled him back into the plane rescuing him from a drop of

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https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/ESD19420824.2.31.15

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Evening Star, Issue 24281, 24 August 1942, Page 3

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102

AMAZING ESCAPE Evening Star, Issue 24281, 24 August 1942, Page 3

AMAZING ESCAPE Evening Star, Issue 24281, 24 August 1942, Page 3

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