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Old 29th June 2021, 10:04
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Re: Top (un)lucky pilots?

My good friend Max J. "Crash" Woolley (385th FS) is credited with... 4 P-38 losses.
Two c/l, plus one bailout (in a piggy-back). The last one was his bailout above Gembloux thanks to Flak on the 27th June 1944.
He survived to tell the tale thanks to some Belgian helpers. He was not unlucky, just lucky...

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Old 29th June 2021, 21:42
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Re: Top (un)lucky pilots?

Good evening,

what does 'piggy-back' mean in this context ?

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