The Accidental Fighter Pilot

[Mr Bowcat]

Apologies of this has been posted before, today is the first time I've come across this amazing story.

http://www.historicracer.com/aviation/accidental-fighter-pilot/

 

[rickoshea52]

This story was legendary in the Royal Air Force when I went through trade training as how not to do your job! Some of the details had been sprinkled with exaggeration as they passed through word of mouth, I never believed the bit about the bowser near miss.