Daring rescue

[cardboard_killer]

[80 years ago today] "• During paratrooper training at Camp Kearney, California, Second Lieutenant Walter Osipoff, USMC, becomes fouled in static cable and ripcord lines and dangles 100 feet to the rear of the R2D (converted DC-2 airliner) from which he was to jump. Efforts to bring him into the plane are unsuccessful as the cords have become snagged on the tail-wheel. The R2D has no radio, but on seeing the aircraft, Lieutenant W.W. Lowery and Naval Aviation Pilot J. R. McCants take off in an SOC biplane and effect a daring mid-air rescue.

 

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Painting of the rescue. The badly injured Osipoff will recover fully, while Lowery and McCants will be awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross. "

[Cybermat47]

I don’t think words exist to describe this 

[Lusekofte]

22 hours ago, Cybermat47 said:

I don’t think words exist to describe this 

My thought exactly, but in my mind, every living creature deserve a attempt to be rescued, except spiders apparently 

timesnownews.comhttps://www.google.com/amp/s/www.timesnownews.com/amp/the-buzz/article/man-burns-down-his-own-house-while-trying-to-kill-spiders-with-a-blow-torch/303703

Edited May 16, 2021 by LuseKofte

[twilson37]

What an amazing story :    https://www.airspacemag.com/military-aviation/above-amp-beyond-man-overboard-51031927/?page=1