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We did our navigation training on an Auro Anson towards the end of 1943, on a normal training flight which involved an outward and homeward route of about 2-3 hours. Just after turning for home, the pilot (we only had one) jumped out of his seat. He passed me and was sick all over my chart. I was the first navigator. He dashed to the rear of the cabin, opened the window in the door and spent the next 20-30 minutes being violently ill. out of the window. The second navigator who normally sat alongside the pilot helps the first navigator by map reading if necessary and using the drift site. He jumped into the pilot鈥檚 seat and I took up his position to get away from the horrible beery smell. As we had had the initial pilot鈥檚 training we managed to get the aircraft back to within a short distance of the airfield at Collondale (South Africa), whereupon the pilot was sufficiently recovered to take upon his duties and land us safely.

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