Not
quite as bad a mistake as this, the citation for the award of the MHDOIF to a F/Sgt in TeeEmm:
THE MOST HIGHLY DEROGATORY ORDER OF THE IRREMOVABLE FINGER (Patron : Pilot Officer Prune) has this month been awarded to F/Sgt **** for Failing to put his Hand Up when Wanting to Leave the Aircraft.
F/Sgt **** was a passenger in the rear of an Oxford which was on a daylight exercise. On completion of a period of instrument flying, at about 3000 feet, the pilot and instructor looked round and found that they no longer had a passenger.
It turned out later that F/Sgt ****, wishing to relieve himself, had opened the door of the aircraft, but instead of carrying on with the exercise had fallen out. He eventually returned to camp by bus with his open parachute tucked underneath his arm.