WITH ONE PARACHUTE
TWO AIRMEN LAND SAFELY
(Rec. 10.35 am.) LONDON, July 12. Two members of the crew recently leaped from a burning Liberator with one parachute between them. They landed safely in an English field suffering no worse than a severe jolt. Tho fire had burned the bombardier's parachute. He climbed on to the navigator's back, and the two went out together, with the bombardier gripping his companion's shoulder straps. 'The bombardier as they floated down worked his way to the front of the navigator, so that they could help each other.
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Evening Star, Issue 25226, 13 July 1944, Page 5
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93WITH ONE PARACHUTE Evening Star, Issue 25226, 13 July 1944, Page 5
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