▁man eu vers , ▁test ▁pilot ▁L t . ▁Harrison ▁Cro cker ▁managed ▁to ▁get ▁the ▁g ear ▁ret ract ed ▁and ▁was ▁planning ▁to ▁attempt ▁a ▁bel ly - land ing , ▁but ▁upon ▁orders ▁from ▁the ▁ground , ▁sent ▁al o ft ▁written ▁on ▁the ▁sides ▁of ▁Bo eing ▁P - 1 2 D ▁And ▁Douglas ▁O - 2 5 C ▁aircraft , ▁he ▁b ails ▁out . ▁Four ▁Y 1 P - 2 4 ▁pre - production ▁models ▁cancel led ▁due ▁to ▁Detroit ▁A ircraft ' s ▁sh ak y ▁financial ▁situation . ▁Two ▁will ▁be ▁built ▁as ▁Cons olid ated ▁Y 1 P - 2 5 s ▁after ▁Detroit ' s ▁chief ▁designer ▁Robert ▁Wood ▁joins ▁that ▁firm . ▁Second ▁Y 1 P - 2 5 ▁completed ▁with ▁a ▁super char ger ▁as ▁Y 1 A - 1 1 . ▁ 1 4 ▁December ▁R AF ▁pilot ▁Douglas ▁B ader ▁( 2 1 ▁February ▁ 1 9 1 0 ▁– ▁ 5 ▁September ▁ 1 9 8 2 ), ▁undert aking ▁a ▁low - level ▁roll ▁in ▁Br istol ▁Bul ld og ▁M k . ▁II A , ▁K 1 6 7 6 , ▁of ▁ 2 3 ▁Squadron ▁at ▁R AF ▁Wood ley , ▁Great ▁Britain , ▁hook s ▁a ▁wing tip , ▁roll s ▁the ▁bi plane ▁into ▁a ▁ball , ▁and ▁los es ▁both ▁his ▁legs . ▁Und eter red , ▁he ▁returns ▁to ▁the ▁air ▁and ▁becomes ▁a ▁ren owned ▁World ▁War ▁II ▁f ighter