Heroic Tale of a Tail Gunner

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Try this one to long to type out with my gumby fingers Google - Piggyback Hero By Ralph Kenney Bennett a real WT* moment in aviation in WWII, there was a story of a rear Lanc gunner being blown 1.5 miles from his crashing aircraft still in his turret when the bomb load went up he thought he was in Germany and evaded a farmer until concussed he was found no other members survived. The other case of a rear gunner in a Lanc jumping out from 21,000 feet with no chute is well known his case proven by the lift web stitching still intact on his harness, being inspected at the Stalag. Rather die free falling than being burned alive (A night fighter shot them up.)

Post script ~ When you think of the whole lot all were young throughout all the allies faced in any conflict through the ages and when you think of an 18 y/o piloting a Lanc, P-51 or wielding an AR-15 yes they were all young and deserve the utmost respect and reverence from those that bathe in the freedom.