Pilot Officer Christopher Yarrow spent many months in hospital recovering from his injuries. Both legs were so severely broken below the knee that surgeons considered amputation, but as a final resort before that drastic step, both legs were placed in a Thomas splint, elevated and then put in traction before the plaster casts could be applied.
He had also broken several ribs, which fortunately did not puncture his lungs, but made breathing extremely painful for several weeks.
Additionally he broke three fingers and his left wrist
The wound to his left leg proved not to be as serious as first feared, the bullet had passed through his calf but did not hit either the tibia or fibula. The wound therefore healed without complication, leaving only a bullet sized scar. The wound to his left
