World War 2 Talk - View Single Post

The only way to bail out of one was thru the top sliding hatch and you then had a big chance of going through the airscrew on the way down.

__________________
'There I stood at the bar, wearing a Mae West, no jacket, and beginning to leak blood from my torn boot. None of the golfers took any notice of me - after all, I wasn't a member!' Kenneth Lee - after being shot down on the 18th August 1940.

In the USAAF in World War II, over three times as many men were killed as wounded. Donald L. Miller.

Avatar: SOE agent Andree Borrel killed at Natzweiler 6th July 1944.

06-05-2008, 08:09 PM	#9 (permalink)
Gage Angels one-five Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Somewhere in Time Posts: 1,189	The only way to bail out of one was thru the top sliding hatch and you then had a big chance of going through the airscrew on the way down. __________________ 'There I stood at the bar, wearing a Mae West, no jacket, and beginning to leak blood from my torn boot. None of the golfers took any notice of me - after all, I wasn't a member!' Kenneth Lee - after being shot down on the 18th August 1940. In the USAAF in World War II, over three times as many men were killed as wounded. Donald L. Miller. Avatar: SOE agent Andree Borrel killed at Natzweiler 6th July 1944.