Britain's luckiest man cheated death 14 times

Alec Alder has survived car crashes, war-time bombing and has even walked away after a fighter jet smashed into the side of his house as he slept.

Other escapes include a 15ft fall from a tree in 1926 and a close shave when he avoided being sent to Dunkirk in 1939 - where his whole squadron were killed.

Now the grandfather of six, from Stroud, Glos, says he must be the "luckiest fella alive" and is amazed he has made it to such a ripe old age.

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