BEAUFIGHTER CREWS OF COASTAL COMMAND - The pilot leaves the Beaufighter through a hatch just behind his cockpit seat. If he has to bale out he can open this hatch in flight. The door creates a pocket of "dead air" beneath the hatch, through which the pilot can drop to safety even in a dive at 400 , Royal Air Force

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