PILOT'S CLOSE CALL
TYPHOON DIVES INTO SEA
Rugby, Sept. 29
A Royal "Aiv Force pilot had a near shave recently when his Typhoon sank in the English Channel. -He had just cleared the English coast and it was too late to bale out. The Typhoon hit the sea at 140 miles an hour and went down like a stone.
The impact knocked the pilot unconscious, and when he came to he found himself trapped in the cockpit in 18ft of water. He loosened his straps, and his "Mae West," though not inflated, took him to the surface. He bobbed up among the ships of a fishing fleet and was quickly hauled aboard.
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Bay of Plenty Times, Volume LXXII, Issue 13265, 1 October 1943, Page 5
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