friend or enemy on parachute?

[Flyingkag]

Hi all,

I would be very interested to learn how it was possible for a flying USAAF pilot to identify if one opened parachute in sky was a german or an american one.

What was/were the possible difference(s) between opened germen and US pilot parachutes? Form? colour? size?

Do someone have some statement of a pilot explaining about his trouble in air, seing an openend parachute with pilot hanging on it, but being not able to identify it as german or allied?

I allways am surprised reading that one pilot witnessed having observed one of his fellows in air, having opened his chute, that in the middle of an airfight and sometimes other opened germen or allied parachutes...

Was it possible to make such a difference???

Thanks for any possible help,

Mathias