This hypothesis is very interesting. I will search about parachutes in resistance mueseums for a comapraison...
7 death in this crash (5 britishs and 2 canadians) :
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F/O Gerald Dennis Carroll (Pilot) RAF 137405 - 21 years old
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Sgt Peter Theodore Thompson (Engineer) RAF 1638225 - 21 years old
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P/O Arthur Edward Reid (Navigator) RCAF J/22367 - 22 years old
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F/Sgt James Alvin Taylor (Bomber) RCAF R/168071 - 19 years old
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Sgt Ronald Denis Clement (Radio) 393760 - 22 years old
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Sgt Gordon Stanley Woodrow (Gunner) RAF 1601319 - 20 years old
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Sgt Kenneth William Radford (Gunner) RAF 890982 - 20 years old