PILOT SAVES DAMAGED PLANE
(Special Correspondent, N.Z.P-A.) (Rec. 11.25 p.m.) LONDON, August 11. Flight Sergeant F. A. Schaw, of Palmerston North, was the pilot of a Halifax bomber which reached England after a raid against the Ruhr, despite a hit from anti-aircraft fire and Junkers 88 cannon shells. The fabric and stays were ripped away and the starboard rudder elevator put out of action. Shells burst across the wings striking the port outer engine. The petrol tanks were also damaged. The Halifax dropped from 11,000 feet to 5000 feet. Flight-Sergeant Schaw said: “The starboard outer engine started to stutter, then all three remaining engines packed up. I gave the order to abandon aircraft and the navigator, radio operator and flight engineer jumped. At 800 feet we were too low for anyone else to jump, but suddenly the port inner engine picked up. I was able to guide the aircraft between two trees, the wings hitting the branches. I landed in a turnip field.” Flight-Sergeant Schaw saw the port wingtip on fire almost immediately. He put out the flames by smothering them with a parachute, then stamping on them.
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Southland Times, Issue 24821, 13 August 1942, Page 5
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188PILOT SAVES DAMAGED PLANE Southland Times, Issue 24821, 13 August 1942, Page 5
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