Who was the man who jumped out of a plane without a parachute?

Who was the man who jumped out of a plane without a parachute?

On the evening of March 24, 1944, a Royal Air Force airman jumped out of his damaged bomber without a parachute. Not only did he survive, but he landed with little more than bumps and bruises. His name was Nicholas Alkemade. Or should we say, the “indestructible” Nicholas Alkemade.

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Born Dec. 10, 1922, Alkemade was a rear gunner on a four-engine Avro Lancaster its crew had nicknamed “Werewolf.” In March 1944, the crew was on a bombing mission over Berlin, which went without incident. But on their way back to England, the bomber caught on fire after being razed by machine-gun fire from a German fighter.

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How did a man fall from a plane without a parachute?

On Saturday, Aikins successfully fell 25,000 feet from a plane with nothing on him but a GPS, a camera, a communication device, and an oxygen mask, which was removed and handed to one of the three parachuted assistants at around 18,000 feet. Without a wingsuit or a parachute, he landed just a couple minutes later safely on a 10,000-square-foot net.

Where was the guy who jumped out of the plane?

Except, three hours later, Alkemade — now safely lying on the ground — opened his eyes. He was lying on snowy ground in a small pine wood. Above him the stars were still visible, only this time they were framed by the edges of the hole he had smashed through the tree canopy.

How did the airman who fell from the sky survive?

He had not broken any bones, but had managed to sprain his knee after his 18,000 foot fall from the sky. In addition, he had suffered burn wounds from the fire and had pieces of perspex from his flak-shattered screen embedded in his skin. While he had survived the fall, surviving the rest of the night was not a guarantee.

What was the name of the German plane that set werewolf on fire?

Werewolf was attacked from below by a German night-fighter aircraft, and the resulting damage tore up Werewolf ’s wing and fuselage, and set the plane on fire. It was obvious that Werewolf was beyond salvation, and the pilot ordered the crew to grab their parachutes in preparation for an emergency exit from the burning aircraft.