Precision flying by a navy pilot was all that stood between life and death for a marine corps lieutenant recently as he dangled, head down, in midair, his parachute fouled in the tail assembly of the marine transport plane from which he had bailed out. In thedramatic rescue, a “Hell Diver” bombing plane served as life saver instead of an instrument of death. Licut. Walter S. Osipoff of Akron, O., had. jumped Trom the big transport near San Diego, Calif., in parachute exercises of the marine corps. Tangled in the shrouds, he could not be hauled back into the plane and its pilot flew over North Island naval station to attract attention. Navy Lieut. W. W. Lowery of Dallas, Tex., and a machinist’s mate took off in a dive bomber, and Lowery maneuvered the smaller craft upward until the mate, J. R. McCants, could seize the helpless Osipoff and drag him partly into the cockpit. Skillful flying was necessary to avoid striking Osipoff with the propeller, then Lowery had to climb within two feet of the transport to cut the shrouds with his whirling blades. Then he landed safely.