Once a czechoslovak pilot (dont remember the name) flew his spitfire back home above the channel, when he spotted a lancaster fighting with four messerschmidts. He saved the lanc in a long dogfight, but got shot. He managed to land the spit on his base, but died immediately due to excessive bleeding
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Originally Posted by Skoshi Tiger
In the viet nam era book, "Flight of the Intruder" (made into a film of the same name) The new pilot jumps into the cockpit of a plane only to find that eventhough they had fixed up the damage, they hadn't cleaned it out after the previous crew had been shot up!
Not sure if it's realistic, but hey it makes for a good story.
cheers!
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