BEAUFIGHTER WINDSHIELD SAVES PILOT'S LIFE - The windscreen of a Beaufighter piloted by Flying Officer Green after it has received a direct hit from a 13mm explosive cannon shell from a Although the shell made a hole approximately one inch in diameter, it failed to penetrate the safety glass; the pilot was temporarily blinded by the fine glass particles and dust, but he suffered no other injury, and after a few moments his vision returned. Picture issued 1943. Photographic negative , Royal Air Force

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