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The Bail Out 81 Chapter 4 THE BAILOUT (In this chapter, the information is furnished by individual with his crew indicated and in chronological order so the same person may appear several times because of the timing of the happenings.) Copilot Nelson Dimick (PEARSON crew) "When I pulled the ripcord, I received a severe jolt that tore the heavy flying boots from my feet. The carnage around me was unbelievable; aircraft blowing up, parts of aircraft filled the air, machines on fire. All of a sudden it was deathly silent. I had opened the chute at high altitude; it would take a long time to descend. Soon after I passed out. I came to just as I broke through the cloud cover at some 5-8,000 feet altitude. "I had left the State of Vermont hardly 18 months earlier and here I was alone, floating down in a parachute in the middle of Germany. 1 thought briefly of my birthday party and the date 1 would miss that evening and who the hell would steal my booze. 1 was still some 4,000 feet from the ground when 1 saw an aircraft coming at me - an Me-l09. After all 1 had been through that bastard was going to kill me in my chute. He passed me, turned, and came back. He flew by me very close and very slowly and saluted. I gave him one back and felt relieved. 1 was still alive. "But the hard reality came back again. 1 had only summer socks and my very thin, felt, heated booties on my feet. My landing was rough. Thanks a heap, at least the damn chute had opened, so the boys from the equipment shop had something going in their favor. "My right waist gunner, Harry Tachovsky, landed about 50 feet from me. I wanted to run for the nearby woods but Harry had an injured leg. We met a French farm worker in the field. He was part of a forced labor group imported from France. Shortly 1 saw a farmer and a very young boy approaching from the direction of farm buildings. The farmer was very old, small, stoop-shouldered and carned a very ancient double-barreled shotgun. He was probably more afraid of us than we of him, he was shaking rather badly. Both Harry and I were afraid he would accidentally fire the shotgun - with his hand shaking so badly.
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CRUEL SKY 4 PREFACE My name is Luc
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CRUEL SKY 6 I had to wait until Mar
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18 CRUEL SKY Second Lieutenant Carr
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24 CRUEL SKY Crew integrity was som
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Page 61 and 62: The fight 55 The SEEDS crew A fligh
Page 63 and 64: The fight 57 Sergeant Charles Graha
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Page 73 and 74: The fight 67 to look at the holes i
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Page 91 and 92: The Bail Out 83 Pilot Raphael Carro
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Page 115 and 116: The Way Back 107 Chapter 5 THE WAY
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Page 125 and 126: The Way Back 117 The SWOFFORD crew
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Page 129 and 130: The Way Back 121 MORE AFTERMATH Lie
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The Aftermath 131 sounded like ciga
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The Aftermath 133 most I could eat
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