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WOUNDED OFFICER V LIVE SHELL REMOVED EXTRACTION FROM THIGH (10.30 a.m.) LONDON, Oct. 15. A live Messerschmitt cannon-shell, sin. long and weighing 21b., which was embedded in the thigh of a naval officer, has been, removed by a surgeon at the Brighton air-raid casualty hosnital. The officer is now progressing favourably. An X-ray revealed the shell and the doctor decided to operate despite the possibility of the shell exploding in the process. An anaethetist and nurses stood by as the doctor probed around the base of the shell. The danger was heightened by the fact that the shell’s position necessitated the use of considerable force to extract it. A f ter the removal the shell was handed over to a bomb disposal unit. A colleague of the naval officer, standing beside him, was killed instantly by another cannon-shell.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXIX, Issue 20916, 16 October 1942, Page 3
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140RISKY OPERATION Gisborne Herald, Volume LXIX, Issue 20916, 16 October 1942, Page 3
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