Almost at the same time as the German plane was crashing at Croydon, a Royal Air Force pilot was performing the most wonderful landing at Woodsford near Dorchester.
He was piloting a giant Bristol Blenheim bomber with a cargo of bombs on board, and, when preparing to land, found that his retractable undercarriage had jammed. He sig-nailed his distress to the aerodrome and. another aeroplane was sent up with the order chalked on its side "Drop bombs, finish petrol. land at ninety." He accordingly flew off to Chesil beach where he dropped his bombs, flew round and round till his tank was empty (in order to avoid the danger of fire if he crashed) and then came down at 90. Hitting the ground with great skill, he skidded along for 200 yd. and came {oa standstill with no damage to the plane worth mentioning. There were two other men in the plane with him.
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