Hi Bill,
In a message of to Hubert Barnich (2:293/2606.39), you
wrote:
BW> Greetings, Hubert!
BW> On 09 May 98, Hubert Barnich entered the following ASCII codes for the
BW> express viewing pleasure of Bill Wunsch:
HB>
HB> I recently saw an article (written in a RAF magazine) where the author
HB> said Lancasters were flying coffin... When hit, nobody had place to bale
HB> out, except the navigator. as That plane had just one emergency exit,
HB> under the cockpitt...
BW> I believe the tail gunner could bail out by swivelling the turret all
he
yes, for the rear gunner
BW> way around. If things where still functional, they could open the bomb
BW> bay doors and dive out that way.
no, no way to go into the bomb bay, and bale out from there...
The writer said that, apart from rear gunners, they found not a lot
of other air crews when the POW camps were liberated...
BW> -==-
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Bye, Hubert.
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