Parachutes....

[butterfield]

Originally Posted by David603

Never tried to shoot falling pilots or crew, and never wanted to, so I'm glad you can't shoot people on parachutes.

It isn't true that all the crew of a shot down plane will automatically escape, because members can die when the plane is under fire, or blows up before they can get out, and if the plane is too low down they won't be able to jump anyway.

Also many pilots did not escape the plane itself because of something called centrifugal force.