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Old 10th May 2021, 20:52
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Re: Dropped motorbikes

There was the Welbike (though it was dropped inside a metal canister, not a wooden box).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Welbike

Some of the links in the Reference Section at the bottom of the page still work.
Others can be found in the internet archives, e.g.:

https://web.archive.org/web/20110930...et/welbike.htm

(The above link has a picture of a bike in a cannister.)

Another bike that was developed (it was to be para-dropped inside a metal frame) was the Royal Enfield WD/RE (The Flying Flea).
It ended up mainly going in by glider, (only a few were every dropped by parachute). It was also carried in landing craft for a beach landings.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Enfield_WD/RE

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