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In 1941, the Germans showed great respect for Captain Douglas Bader by permitting the British RAF to parachute a prosthetic leg to a Luftwaffe base in France. This was after Bader had been taken prisoner after bailing out of his plane with only one of his two prosthetic legs, the other having become stuck in his damaged aircraft.

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In 1941, the Germans showed great respect for Captain Douglas Bader by permitting the British RAF to parachute a prosthetic leg to a Luftwaffe base in France. This was after Bader had been taken prisoner after bailing out of his plane with only one of his two prosthetic legs, the other having become stuck in his damaged aircraft.

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