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[–] doggone [OP] 0 points (+0|-0)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Pilot_officer_Kennedy_of_47_Squadron_RAF_Mar_1941_IWM_CM_658.jpg

Pilot Officer Kennedy of No. 47 Squadron RAF Detachment inspects the damage to his Vickers Wellesley, K7715 'KU-H', at Agordat, Eritrea, after he was attacked by two Fiat CR 42s while on a bombing sortie over Keren on 25 March 1941. His air gunner, Sergeant German, was mortally wounded and the port wing was set on fire. Kennedy executed a vertical dive to put out the flames and returned to the Detachment's base at Agordat, where he crashed on landing.

[–] Owlchemy 1 points (+1|-0)

One lucky man! It's a shame he lost his gunner though.