Thank you for putting up your story Peter. At the time you were with 39Sqdn on the Mosquito , my father was the admin NCO. He had a permanent issue parachute and regularly flew in the aircraft. That is until the day he was invited up on a test flight. When it came time to unfeather an engine, the other engine stopped! To add insult to injury, on landing due to the heat haze, the pilot dropped the aircraft onto the runway from twenty feet resulting in the write off of one Mosquito with a broken back. Dad arrived back at RAF Stafford having suffered a perforated eardrum and a broken wrist. Attached is a formation photo. Dad was in the second aircraft from the camera.
PS I have a set of ghouli chits here. Sadly they did not save one crew who had to land in the desert.
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