Originally Posted by
JW411
I remember a chap from my old days in the RAFGSA (1960/70s) who had barbed wire marks either side of his mouth which he had collected from an out-landing in Holland or Germany. He was lucky he didn't lose his head. The first glider I ever flew fitted with the protection bar fitted was Ian Smith's old Skylark 2 (497) in 1969.
He was from our club in Germany.
I got quite a shock when I saw the wreckage the next day. There was nothing left and the amount of blood in the cockpit was horrifying to this 17 year old!
Fortunately he made a full recovery.