Out of the Blue: The Role of Luck in Air Warfare, 1917-1966 |
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... aircraft , cutting away the seat from behind LAC Hewson , slightly injuring his back . Both engines of the upper aircraft stopped , but those in L 9162 kept operating normally . The situation was decidedly unpleasant , and the two ...
... aircraft , cutting away the seat from behind LAC Hewson , slightly injuring his back . Both engines of the upper aircraft stopped , but those in L 9162 kept operating normally . The situation was decidedly unpleasant , and the two ...
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... aircraft and pilots straight away .... One Zero then fastened onto me , so I did what any law - abiding hero would do in a Kitty - I dived . . . . The aircraft got going down at about 500 m.p.h. and was skidding to the left at some ...
... aircraft and pilots straight away .... One Zero then fastened onto me , so I did what any law - abiding hero would do in a Kitty - I dived . . . . The aircraft got going down at about 500 m.p.h. and was skidding to the left at some ...
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... aircraft had been safely parked and the engines shut down that the groundcrew discovered that the Wellington's fin and rudder were missing . And when a Coastal Command Liberator returned to its 19 Group base the same morning after an ...
... aircraft had been safely parked and the engines shut down that the groundcrew discovered that the Wellington's fin and rudder were missing . And when a Coastal Command Liberator returned to its 19 Group base the same morning after an ...
Contents
Acknowledgements | 10 |
The Air Was the Master | 17 |
Must Be a Gunner George Harding | 20 |
Copyright | |
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