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sit72300

1st October 2009 18:47

Parachute Type?

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Can anyone help with identifying the use of this type of parachute. It would have been used in SOE drops but is too big for pigeons, it is 3 feet in dia. It is too small for containers or packages. My feeling is that it may have been used to drop the dummy paratroopers - the "Gingerbread Men"

Any theories?

Peter Clare

2nd October 2009 15:38

Re: Parachute Type?

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Think you might be right, have a look at this link........

http://home.att.net/~1.elliott/paratrooperdummyhistorysite.html

The attachment is of the dummy on display at the Pegasus Bridge Museum

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