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Old 25th Jul 2012, 09:32
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Pilot Pacifier
 
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Sipavo, Bosnia, some time in the late 1990's with the mighty Wokka...

We had a Landrover/trailer combo lift to do, the chains kept snagging (there are 8 of them on a lift like that) with the wing mirrors being the main culprit.

OC JHSU is in attendance sorting the snags and guiding the chains, time again we had to put it down to clear a snag, finally we managed to get a clean lift.

OC JHSU had been holding one of the chains out, as it went taught against the side of the vehicle door his glove snagged in it, but up we went with a thumbs up from the JHSU team.

Later on, we found out that OC JHSU had left one of his fingers behind in the glove

He was rushed off to the Med Centre at Sipovo, he lost from the knuckle onwards of his middle finger. One of the first things he did was exonerate the aircrew and completely blamed himself as he was always teaching his staff never to hold a chain and just have it lightly between your fingers.

Good chap to say the least...!
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