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Re: Bailing out of a Short Sunderland?
Hi Larry,
From my RAF Coastal Command Losses:
09/04/1940
L2167
Took off to examine the Oslo area. Attacked by two Me110s of I/ZG76 over Fornebu at about 15:00 hrs and caught fire over Holsfjorden before finally exploding over Maidalen, Norway. The Sunderland was claimed by Oblt Hansen in Me110 M8+JH but Lt H Lent was also involved. Sgt George survived being blown out of the aircraft at 3,000 feet without a parachute and fell into deep snow. The remaining crewmen including Sgt Carpenter, an Australian from Sydney, and P/O Le Maistre, a Canadian from Winnipeg, rest in Sylling Churchyard, Norway.
Ross
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