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re: B-17 Ball Turret Gunner Survived 22,000 ft Fall Without A Chute
Posted on 6/12/24 at 11:43 am to Spaceman Spiff
Posted on 6/12/24 at 11:43 am to Spaceman Spiff
There was tailgunner who was trapped in the blown off tail section of a B-17. The tail fell slowly due to the control surfaces all being largely intact. He had time to have a smoke and think things over. He still hit hard enough to be briefly knocked out, but a Belgian farmer found him, pried the door open and got him out ahead of the Germans getting there. He also survived the war.
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Posted on 6/12/24 at 11:44 am to Spaceman Spiff
This guy said frick that, I'll just land in the tail section. And the article relates it happened at least one other time.
Posted on 6/12/24 at 11:44 am to Spaceman Spiff
Imagine how many men fell to their deaths to have enough attempts in order to have multiple survivors.
Posted on 6/12/24 at 12:07 pm to Spaceman Spiff
quote:That doesn't sound survivable at all.
Landed on a railway station and went through the glass ceiling onto the steel beams below.
Posted on 6/12/24 at 12:23 pm to Spaceman Spiff
Holy shite, I heard of another case like this where a tree and snow bank was involved and thought this would be it, but this fricker hit a building and broke his fall with a glass ceiling.
This post was edited on 6/12/24 at 12:24 pm
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