From page 22 of Osprey's "Typhoon & Tempest Aces of WW2", this paragraph caught my eye:
"On the same day that [Ronald "Bee" Beaumont] had made his first night attack [against a Ju-88, in a Typhoon, on 18 January 1943], No 56 squadron had flown their first day 'Rhubarb', crossing the North Sea to attack an airfield near Vlissingen (Plt Off Deugo had flown so low during the sweep that he had killed a German gunner with the leading edge of his Typhoon's wing). With practical demonstrations of the Typhoon's potential such as these, confidence in the aircraft grew, and eventually the critics were silenced."
Shades of "Catch 22". Even if it's fabricated nonsense, it still leaves a powerful mental image. I have to wonder what the Typhoon's wing looked like, and what was left of the gunner's head.
