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George Beurling in hospital after escaping from a B-24 transport aircraft taking the already injured fighter pilot to Britain. He jumped out just as the plane crashed near Gibralter and then swam 160yds with a heavy cast on his foot. (1943):
"Low on gas there was no alternate landing strip so, with poor visibility the pilot forced the bomber down. He couldn't control the plane well enough on descent into Gibralter and missed two thirds of the runway. The aircraft touched down too late and the pilot tried to pull back up. With the engines at full throttle but not generating enough power yet they crashed into the water. Beurling said afterwards that he could tell from the way the plane behaved that it was going to stall so he opened the emergency door and jumped just as the plane hit the water. He managed to swim the 160 yds to shore, despite a heavy cast on his foot. Only Donaldson, Beurling and another passenger survived. Beurling was hospitalized with shock and an infection in his wounded heel"
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Image downloaded from Constable.ca.
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1942
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Credited to Department of National Defence, Canada
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Permission
(Reusing this image) |
PD-Canada
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This Canadian work is in the public domain in Canada because its copyright has expired due to one of the following:
- 1. it was subject to Crown copyright and was first published more than 50 years ago, or
it was not subject to Crown copyright, and
- 2. it is a photograph that was created prior to January 1, 1949, or
- 3. the creator died more than 50 years ago.
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Please see en:WP:PD#Canadian images: Yousuf Karsh |
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