Tag: Wartime Aviation Stories
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WWII Ground Crew Woman Margaret Horton Accidentally Takes Flight Clinging to Spitfire’s Tail in 1945, Survives an Entire Airfield Circuit Before the Pilot Makes a Safe Landing
During World War II, in 1945, Margaret Horton was working as ground crew at RAF Hibaldstow in Lincolnshire, England, when an extraordinary accident unfolded. Horton had been sitting on the tail of a Supermarine Spitfire while it was being taxied, a routine practice to prevent the aircraft from bouncing. But the pilot unexpectedly accelerated onto…
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