An edition of the magazine World of Wonder published in the 1970s reports on the story of Nicholas Stephen Alkemade (10 December 1922 - 22 June 1987) who was an English tail gunner in the Royal Air Force during World War II. He survived a freefall of 18,000 feet (5,490 m) without a parachute. World of Wonder was a British educational magazine for children published by IPC's Fleetway Publications (formerly Amalgamated Press) from 1970 to 1975.

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