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Old 8th Dec 2020, 19:16
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insty66
 
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Not a pilot but right up there in the lucky stakes is Jack Worsford.
"The Tail of his Lancaster was severed from the main Fuselage in mid-air. With his Parachute still in the main Fuselage, his rear Turret fell from 5,000ft. Fortunately for him, the twin Lancaster Tail assembly saved his life, spinning to earth like a sycamore seed and after hitting overhead cables and trees he survived to spend the rest of the War in captivity."
From https://tailendcharlietedchurch.word...-of-the-skies/

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