[Milsurplus] Fwd: Re: "Lancaster" - no copilot

Wed Oct 4 11:57:30 EDT 2017

On 3 Oct 2017 at 23:11, Bruce Gentry wrote:

> If the pilot was killed or incapitated, was the crew to bail out or did the engineer have some flight 
> training, official or otherwise?

As I understand it, the aircrew, being somewhat concerned about their health and longevity, 
did many things unofficially to help them when required to get back home.

As I mentioned to Andy, I remember reading of at least one flight engineer who both 
successfully brought a shot-up Lancaster with an incapacitated pilot home, and then 
successfully landed the aircraft.

I am sure this was not an isolated incident, but I would ask Andy to check with his forums in 
the UK about how common...or uncommon... this was.

Ken W7EKB

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