"Peter Twydell" wrote in message
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In article zQeUb.403484$ts4.258352@pd7tw3no, Brian Colwell
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I guess you know he was shot down and spent time in a POW camp, And in
one
of the very few examples of compassion during WW2 ( and maybe respect)
The
Germans gave safe passage to an RAF plane to drop a pair of artificial
legs,
as his had been damaged when he baled out !

Regards, BMC

AFAIK the RAF refused the offer of safe passage, partly because it would
have been a propaganda coup for Goebbels, and dropped his new legs
during a routine bombing raid.

Bader always maintained he was involved in a collision, rather than
being shot down, but then he would have, wouldn't he?
--
Peter

Ying tong iddle-i po!

If you check, you will see I corrected my original post to the effect that
he bailed out after a collision with a German a/c

Regards, BMC