DEAD MAN’S SEAT
RESOURCEFUL AIRMAN LONDON, Sept. 14. Acting-Sergeant lan Blair was the navigator in a Royal Air Force bomber flying over the Libyan Desert. The machine was attacked by two Italian lighters and the pilot was killed. The bomber started to dive. Blair rushed to the control column and, with the help of the gunner removed the pilot from his seat. Then Blair, without previous flying experience, flew the bomber 350 miles back to his base and made a safe landing. He now been awarded the Distinguished Flying Medal. Blair’s home is in Glasgow.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 20378, 15 October 1940, Page 8
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