“...hey casted both of his lower extremities, ... he signed himself out of the hospital against the advice of the clearly angry doctors. ... he manhandled the plane so violently that he destroyed both of the casts in the process, putting the plane thorough its demonstration...” [rlmorel, post 49}
In a recent bio published on the back page of Air Force Magazine, Carl Spaatz suffered the broken ankles and pulled off the demo.
I do think they are mistaken on that count, since I have read from several sources it was James Doolittle down there in Argentina doing the handstand and breaking his ankles...I never heard of Spaatz doing that! And Spaatz was no drunken gymnast!