[Ardmoreal]

Icare-Thanks for that,I did not know about the location of the pilot's chute.but it does make sense. We see pictures of aircrew getting into the a/c carrying their chutes and presumably the pilots chute would already be in his seat, as was the case during my short service with the RAF .

We can only wonder that it was,nt there when he boarded, but it would have been very uncomfortable without it.

We will never know.

Thank you all for your help.