(1922-12-10)10 December 1922 North Walsham, Norfolk, England
Died
22 June 1987(1987-06-22) (aged 64) Liskeard, Cornwall, England
Allegiance
United Kingdom
Branch
Royal Air Force
Rank
Flight Sergeant
Unit
No. 115 Squadron RAF
Wars
Second World War
Nicholas Stephen Alkemade (10 December 1922 – 22 June 1987) was a British tail gunner in the Royal Air Force during World War II who survived a freefall of 18,000 feet (5,490 m) without a parachute after abandoning his out-of-control, burning Avro Lancaster heavy bomber over Germany.
Nicholas Stephen Alkemade (10 December 1922 – 22 June 1987) was a British tail gunner in the Royal Air Force during World War II who survived a freefall...
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negotiations between the Senior U.S. Officer and the Kommandant. NicholasAlkemade, RAF rear-gunner who survived a fall of 18,000 feet (5,500 m) without...
Luft 3 from 22 Apr 1943 until it was evacuated in late Jan 1945. NicholasAlkemade, an English tail gunner in the Royal Air Force who survived a freefall...
feats of daring and survival (including the former RAF air gunner, NicholasAlkemade, who survived a fall of 18,000 feet without a parachute from a blazing...
evolutionist and author, who briefly taught at Collegiate school) NicholasAlkemade Lancaster tail gunner who jumped 18000 feet without a parachute and...
soon afterwards, in the Stalag Luft III murders. RAF Flight Sergeant NicholasAlkemade survived a fall of 18,000 feet without a parachute when his Lancaster...
of Operation Cartwheel. British Royal Air Force Flight Sergeant NicholasAlkemade's bomber is hit over Germany, and he has to bail out without a parachute...
example, see Russell Shorto, The Island at the Centre of the World and David Nicholas, Medieval Flanders. Stefan Bielinski (April 1979). "The Schout in Rensselaerswijck:...
doi:10.1098/rsos.160498. PMC 5098989. PMID 27853564. Benítez-López, A.; Alkemade, R.; Schipper, A. M.; Ingram, D. J.; Verweij, P. A.; Eikelboom, J. A. J...
Elliot Stock, retrieved 14 February 2015 Berthe Boot-Siertsema; D. J. van Alkemade (1980). Linguistic Studies Offered to Berthe Siertsema. Rodopi. p. 182...
model Software license User interface Programming language Adium Thijs Alkemade Free software GPL-2.0-or-later GUI Objective-C and C AmIRC Oliver Wagner...
Bibcode:1982PhT....35a..84D. doi:10.1063/1.2890021.[permanent dead link] Fons Alkemade. "Some of IUTAM's history". IUTAM. Archived from the original on 2011-07-17...
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United Kingdom
Royal Air Force