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27th February 2006, 17:31
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Re: Flying Amputees
Hey - this is great stuff, guys! Can anyone put dates and background to the incidents when those mentioned required amputation?
I believe there was another French pilot by the name of Zevacco-Lamour who lost a leg/arm? He was sadly later shot down by own AA when chasing a V-1 flying bomb. There was also a pilot on 41 Squadron involved in flying agaianst the V-1s who had only one leg, having been seriously injured by a bomb in Palembang, Sumatra in 1942. This was Flt Lt (later Grp Capt) Tom Burne, who was again seriously injured towards the end of the war (awarded the DSO). And wasn't there a German pilot at the beginning of WW2 who flew with an artificial leg - and how about those who had only one eye? I am sure there are many more of these gallant gents to identify - could be a book here! Cheers Brian PS: The German pilot mentioned above was Huth, I believe Last edited by Brian; 28th February 2006 at 09:06. 
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