Word: cockpits
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...range of the island's defenses." His mouth was dry ("spitting cotton"), his hands were drenched in icy sweat, his heart beat so hard he could feel its throb. Over the target "there was a strong impulse to seek the shelter of any available armor plate in the cockpit. A sensation of helplessness left a deep impression; the idea of having nothing to do but watch and wait was not appealing...
Blood Pressure and Breathing. Lieut. Kirsch's seat was in the forward cockpit just behind and between the two pilots. From there he took pilots' blood pressures, counted respirations by watching the rhythmic rise & fall of the little flow indicator ball in the oxygen control box (most flying was done at heights requiring masks), took pulses and armpit temperatures, watched for trembling, pallor, changes in pupil size. In all, he observed 16 different men during the ordeal by flak. Only three showed no fright reaction...
...carrier's catapult had gone haywire, had shoved him and his eight-ton aircraft overside-a 40-ft. plunge. The plane's belly tank had been rammed into the cockpit, flooding him with searing gasoline. He had been slammed tight against the cockpit hood, his only means of escape...
...disabled Junkers lost altitude, skidded across the field on its belly and groundlooped. U.S. ground crewmen helped the grinning refugee, unhurt, from the cockpit. U.S. authorities withheld his name, placed him under technical arrest. By his standards, this was freedom...
...plane's belly hit the ground. . . . Then it flopped tail over nose, onto its back. The pilot was absolutely sealed into the upside-down cockpit...