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1st October 2009, 18:47
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Parachute Type?
Can anyone help with identifying the use of this type of parachute. It would have been used in SOE drops but is too big for pigeons, it is 3 feet in dia. It is too small for containers or packages. My feeling is that it may have been used to drop the dummy paratroopers - the "Gingerbread Men"
Any theories? Last edited by sit72300; 1st October 2009 at 18:56. Reason: attachments 
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2nd October 2009, 15:38
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Re: Parachute Type?
Think you might be right, have a look at this link........
http://home.att.net/~1.elliott/paratrooperdummyhistorysite.html The attachment is of the dummy on display at the Pegasus Bridge Museum
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