AN AMAZING FEAT.- A 23-year-old flying instructor has been awarded the A. F.M. for a remarkable feat of skill and conrage. He was flying a twin-engined training aircraft during formation flying when the following aircraft collided with s machine, severing the starboard wing just beyond the engine. The sergeant succeeded in flying His badly damaged aircraft for two miles to "force-land" it in a ficld.
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Evening Star, Issue 23817, 22 February 1941, Page 6
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65AN AMAZING FEAT.- A 23-year-old flying instructor has been awarded the A.F.M. for a remarkable feat of skill and conrage. He was flying a twin-engined training aircraft during formation flying when the following aircraft collided with s machine, severing the starboard wing just beyond the engine. The sergeant succeeded in flying His badly damaged aircraft for two miles to "force-land" it in a ficld. Evening Star, Issue 23817, 22 February 1941, Page 6
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