Identification some parts of a Halifax Mk V
 

Hello


I'm looking to identify the 4 parts of an Halifax Mk V of the RAF.

https://scontent-cdg2-1.xx.fbcdn.net...8d&oe=5A778311
https://scontent-cdg2-1.xx.fbcdn.net...2d&oe=5A75F8EB
https://scontent-cdg2-1.xx.fbcdn.net...06&oe=5A7C586D
https://scontent-cdg2-1.xx.fbcdn.net...c3&oe=5A78B18C



Anyone can help me ?


Thank you


Fabrice

Re: Identification some parts of a Halifax Mk V
 

I guess N°2 seems to be the steel wire skeleton of the parachute pack. Any casualty on that crashsite ?

ClinA-78

Re: Identification some parts of a Halifax Mk V
 

This hypothesis is very interesting. I will search about parachutes in resistance mueseums for a comapraison...

7 death in this crash (5 britishs and 2 canadians) :
- F/O Gerald Dennis Carroll (Pilot) RAF 137405 - 21 years old
- Sgt Peter Theodore Thompson (Engineer) RAF 1638225 - 21 years old
- P/O Arthur Edward Reid (Navigator) RCAF J/22367 - 22 years old
- F/Sgt James Alvin Taylor (Bomber) RCAF R/168071 - 19 years old
- Sgt Ronald Denis Clement (Radio) 393760 - 22 years old
- Sgt Gordon Stanley Woodrow (Gunner) RAF 1601319 - 20 years old
- Sgt Kenneth William Radford (Gunner) RAF 890982 - 20 years old

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