Alkemade, Nick
Title
Alkemade, Nick
Nicholas Stephen Alkemade
Description
Two items. The collection concerns Flight Sergeant Nick Alkemade (1431537 Royal Air Force) and contains documents. He flew operations as an air gunner with 115 Squadron and survived jumping 18,000 feet from an aircraft without a parachute.
The collection was loaned to the IBCC Digital Archive for digitisation by Valerie Hewitt and catalogued by Jan Johnstone.
The collection was loaned to the IBCC Digital Archive for digitisation by Valerie Hewitt and catalogued by Jan Johnstone.
Date
2019-10-23
Publisher
IBCC Digital Archive
Rights
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Identifier
Alkemade, NS
Collection Items
People who fell from the sky
An account of Flight Sergeant Nicholas Alkemade (1431537) bailing out of the rear turret of a Lancaster (A4-K) without his parachute and surviving a fall of 18,000 feet (5,500 metres).
Lancaster Rear Gunner Story
An account of Flight Sergeant Nicholas Alkemade (1431537) bailing out of the rear turret of a Lancaster (A4-K) without his parachute and surviving a fall of 18,000 feet (5,500 metres).
Collection Tree
- Alkemade, Nick