January 3, 20233 yr Eighty-five B-17's and thirteen B-24's of the Eighth airforce attack the U-boat pens at St. Nazaire. Seven aircraft are shot down by anti-aircraft fire. Alan Magee is a ball turret gunner in one of the downed B-17s. He is wounded when the wing is blown off but is able to escape from the ball turret. Unfortunately, his parachute has been rendered useless by the attack. Having no choice and with the plane in a spin, he leaps from the plane without a parachute, rapidly losing consciousness due to the altitude. Magee falls at least three miles before crashing through the glass roof of the St Nazaire railroad station. Rescuers find him still alive on the floor of the station. He has 28 shrapnel wounds in addition to the damage from the fall. He had several broken bones, severe damage to his nose and eye, lung and kidney damage, and his right arm is nearly severed. He will survive as a POW and be liberated in 1945, receiving the Air Medal and Purple Heart.
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January 3, 20233 yr 22 minutes ago, Fielder said: That sounds like the ultimate survival miracle of the century! How about this one? https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/44038/an-air-stewardess-fell-33000-feet-and-lived-to-tell-the-tale-60-years-ago-today Dugald Walker
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January 4, 20233 yr Here are two more: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivan_Chisov https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juliane_Koepcke Dugald Walker
January 4, 20233 yr 5 hours ago, DD_Arthur said: Rescuers find him still alive on the floor of the station. He has 28 shrapnel wounds in addition to the damage from the fall. He had several broken bones, severe damage to his nose and eye, lung and kidney damage, and his right arm is nearly severed. "I owe the German military doctor who treated me a debt of gratitude," said Magee. "He told me, 'we are enemies, but I am first a doctor and I will do my best to save your arm.'" The doctor, whose name he never found out, saved his arm and also took care of his multitude of injuries. Dugald Walker
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