"In 1943, Ball Turret Gunner Alan Magee’s B-17 Bomber Was Hit By Flak And Began To Spin Out Of Control. He Fell Over Four Miles Without A Parachute Before Crashing Through The Glass Roof Of A Railroad Station. He Survived The Fall And Lived To Age 84"
Yes, fingerprints were known of centuries before, but in the US this was one of the first cases where they were used to identify and free a man acussed of another man's crimes.
This would never happen in Sicily