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Originally Posted by Troy White
Over the years I have read that Luftwaffe emergency parachutes were not white like allied parachutes. Instead they were a yellowish colour.
Does anyone out there have one in their possesion or know the exact colour and why they were that colour?
Troy
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Anyone who watched the BBC comedy
Dad's Army should remember Captain Mainwaring's advice on this: "British parachutes are white, while Nazi parachutes are a dirty, creamy, off-white ... as you'd expect."