article_snippet.sent: However Sq Ldr Joll had survived crash and after trekking miles along a beach and persuading a ship to take him back to England, him had dropped in on him to say hello.
article_snippet.sent: him incredible story came to light as him medals - including the Distinguished Flying Cross (DFC)
article_snippet.sent: Sq Ian Jollhad been involved in a strafing attack on German aircraft on May 10, 1940, when Ian Joll plane was hit by ground fire and
article_snippet.sent: After several unsuccessful attempts to set his Blenheim on fire, Sq Ldr Joll decided the only thing to do was to shoot into his plane's fuel tank.
article_snippet.sent: Sq Ldr Joll and his gunner then trekked for miles where Sq Ldr Joll and his gunner met a Dutch fisherman, who Sq Ldr Joll and his gunner persuaded to take Sq Ldr Joll and his gunner to England.
article_snippet.sent: Sq Ldr Joll and his gunner journey to England took place just 16 days before the start of the evacuation of 300,000 Allied troops a few miles down the coast at Dunkirk.
article_snippet.sent: The vessel docked in Harwich, Essex, and Sq Ldr Joll travelled to his parents' house in Gravesend in Kent.
article_snippet.sent: Sq Ldr Joll later rejoined Squadron at Manston.
article_snippet.sent: Sq Ldr Joll's medals (left to right) the Distinguished Flying Cross, 1939-
article_snippet.sent: Two crewmen bailed out leaving Sq Ldr Joll to pull His Blenheim aircraft out of a spin and land His Blenheim aircraft safely.
article_snippet.sent: Sq Ldr Joll nursed Sq Ldr Joll comrade and took His Blenheim aircraft back to base.
article_snippet.sent: Sq Ldr Jollwent on to five 'kills', and was awarded the prestigious Distinguished Flying Cross for service.
article_snippet.sent: In April 1942 Sq Ldr Joll was posted to 153 Squadron, based at Ballyhalbert where he helped the unit convert to use Beaufighters.
article_snippet.sent: Sq Sq Ldr Jollwent on to fly a Beaufighter night fighter (file pic) and shot down several Nazi planes .
article_snippet.sent: In November 1943 Sq Ldr Joll worked alongside Lord Louis Mountbatten on planning the parachute landings for D-Day and also helped develop the giant panjandrum - a huge cable-laying drum powered by rockets intended to destroy German mines on the Normandy beaches.
article_snippet.sent: Sq Ldr Joll helped organise a demonstration of the pajandrum for top military officials only for the weapon to veer out of control and head straight towards the assembled generals, admirals and air marshals, prompting the assembled generals, admirals and air marshals to flee.
article_snippet.sent: Joll's final posting was to New Delhi, working for the Directorate of Combined Operations.
article_snippet.sent: Sq Ldr Joll died aged 57 in 1977.
highlights_snippet.sent: Ian Joll was a Squadron Leader who flew a Bristol Blenheim light bomber .
  