Word: copiloting
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...between the skipper and copilot. The cockpit was a mass of gore-I never saw such a sight, blood everywhere. The copilot was hit in both legs and while I was applying tourniquets to him, a 20-mm. hit the skipper in the left ankle and carried away his foot. But the copilot's controls had been shot out so the skipper had to fly her with one foot...
...this feat the flight leader received the Silver Star, his copilot the Distinguished Flying Cross. The pilot of the wing ship received the Air Medal, the copilot nothing. The enlisted men received no decorations...
...lead plane released no bombs because the pilot (flight leader) neglected to check the safety switch. "The" bomb which hit the target was released by the copilot of the wing ship, the same copilot who received no decoration...
Four of them were over Germany, and on the last one his luck almost ran out. He was flying as top-turret gunner over Münster when a flak burst hit the turret dome, shattered his goggles, tore off his oxygen mask. Copilot and radioman pulled him down and revived him with an emergency mask. After that, Ben got his orders for home...
...nosed up, and then boom!-the damned cloud had a rock in it. We thought that was the end and expected to spin. Instead we gained a little altitude. . . . The hydraulic system was out and we discovered a wheel was gone. . . . Then we found we had some control and [CoPilot Lieut. Cecil] Gibson agreed he was game to try to land. It took all our strength, both fighting all the way, to bring her down. . . . We knew a lot of guys in China would be mighty disappointed if the mail was lost...