PILOT’S CLOSE SHAVE
Recd. 6 p.m. London. Sept. 29. An R.A.F. 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 bail out. The Typhoon hit the sea at 140 miles an hour and wen.- down like a stone. The impact knocked the pilot unconscious, and when lie came to he found himself trapped in the cockpit in 18 feet of water. He loosened his straps, and his “Mae West,” though not inflated, took him to the surface. He bobbed up among a fishing fleet and was quickly hauled aboard. i
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 87, Issue 232, 1 October 1943, Page 5
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108PILOT’S CLOSE SHAVE Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 87, Issue 232, 1 October 1943, Page 5
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