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Re: Avro Lancaster Parachute Stowages - Help please.
Dear Snautzer, RSwank and Dave,
Thank you so much for the kind help.
DAVE, I noticed on the information sent that it seems that only around 1944, the seat type parachute for pilots was standardized.
Could a Commanding Officer (and pilot) decide which type of parachute he would wear, or was this, in mid 1943, standard? I mean, all of them had to wear the chest-pack type?
The photographic evidences I do have suggest that the airman I am writing about was wearing a chest-pack parachute and that he may have passed his "Chute" or pack to his Flight-Engineer (the sole survivor of this crew).
Sadly the Flight-Engineer died in early 1950's...so we can not ascertain for sure if there was only 6 parachutes, if the Captain give his chute to him trying to keep the aircraft levelled off, etc...
I am trying, based on oficial documents (such as Air Ministry Publications, Avro Lancaster Course, etc.) to imagine what happened during the last seconds of the crew.
But thank you all for the most valuable help and contribution. I haven't seen the other stowages compartments before, so you solved one of my doubts...THANK YOU all!
Adriano S. Baumgartner, ASV 00.344
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