friend or enemy on parachute?
 

Hi all,

I would be very interested to learn how it was possible for a flying USAAF pilot to identify if one opened parachute in sky was a german or an american one.

What was/were the possible difference(s) between opened germen and US pilot parachutes? Form? colour? size?

Do someone have some statement of a pilot explaining about his trouble in air, seing an openend parachute with pilot hanging on it, but being not able to identify it as german or allied?

I allways am surprised reading that one pilot witnessed having observed one of his fellows in air, having opened his chute, that in the middle of an airfight and sometimes other opened germen or allied parachutes...

Was it possible to make such a difference???

Thanks for any possible help,

Mathias

Re: friend or enemy on parachute?
 

Hello ,

According to me , but i'm not sure , the RAF and USAAF parachutes were white , the German ones had a sort yellow colour.

Regards

Alain57

Re: friend or enemy on parachute?
 

I have recovered both allied and German's from digs and both were white...

Re: friend or enemy on parachute?
 

Hi ,

Sorry then i must have been wrong

Regards

Alain57

Re: friend or enemy on parachute?
 

Thanks, you both!

I believe to, that both were white.

Mathias

Re: friend or enemy on parachute?
 

hello
correct me! german had ,yellow or gray-ish-as a form to ground control that -ALLIED- had bailed out..1944
thought? why didn't Allied have camo parachutes?
sharon