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Flight Suits with Survival Stories | Auckland News
A Royal New Zealand Air Force flight suit is stealing the spotlight at the Whanganui Regional Museum—this isn’t just vintage gear, it’s a living story of survival. The sheepskin and leather jacket once worn by Pilot Officer Peter Brown, who ejected from his plane in 1955 and floated for 17 minutes before snagging in a tree, was gifted to a farmer’s wife and later donated to the museum by Ian Moore, who wore it while fishing. Meanwhile, the matching trousers belonged to Flight Lieutenant Garry Ramsey Craig, an air gunner shot down over the North Sea in WWII, who endured five freezing days on a…
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