Fascinating(@fasc1nate):B-17 ball turret gunner Alan Magee, who fell 22,000 feet without a parachute, landing on the glass roof of St. Nazaire train station, breaking it through. He suffered multiple injuries, including a broken leg and a badly cut arm, but he lived. January 3, 1943. Harrowing stories of survival:

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B-17 ball turret gunner Alan Magee, who fell 22,000 feet without a parachute, landing on the glass roof of St. Nazaire train station, breaking it through. He suffered multiple injuries, including a broken leg and a badly cut arm, but he lived. January 3, 1943. Harrowing stories of survival: