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'14-'18aviationcollector · 3 November 2009, 04:57 PM

Hi Willi,

You wouldn't belive this but that episode was on here in Australia yesterday too! I didn't see the bit showing the fabric, and I did notice that there seemed to be a pair of RFC pilot's wings in the box! I didn't hear them talking about the wings, but I only half saw the segment. When I realised what they were talking about I paid full attention of course, but it was almost finished by then. I thought that they were only speculating that he had been shot ..... ummmm in the rear ... because she said that he didn't actually say where he was shot and the presenter said "probably in the bottom".

The father of a friend of mine was shot through the chest as an observer in a DH9. It's the sort of thing that you read about, but he actually had a wallet which was litterally full of photos in his breast pocket. The bullet went straight through the middle of the wallet and every photo - about twenty to fifty I would say - had a hole through the middle of it! The bullet went all the way through his body and exited his groin area, so he was very lucky to live through that.

Regards,

David.

3 November 2009, 04:57 PM	#18 (permalink)
'14-'18aviationcollector Forum Ace Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Canberra, A.C.T., Australia Posts: 1,379	Antiques Roadshow Hi Willi, You wouldn't belive this but that episode was on here in Australia yesterday too! I didn't see the bit showing the fabric, and I did notice that there seemed to be a pair of RFC pilot's wings in the box! I didn't hear them talking about the wings, but I only half saw the segment. When I realised what they were talking about I paid full attention of course, but it was almost finished by then. I thought that they were only speculating that he had been shot ..... ummmm in the rear ... because she said that he didn't actually say where he was shot and the presenter said "probably in the bottom". The father of a friend of mine was shot through the chest as an observer in a DH9. It's the sort of thing that you read about, but he actually had a wallet which was litterally full of photos in his breast pocket. The bullet went straight through the middle of the wallet and every photo - about twenty to fifty I would say - had a hole through the middle of it! The bullet went all the way through his body and exited his groin area, so he was very lucky to live through that. Regards, David.