Luftwaffe emergency parachutes

[010890falcon]

Hello Troy,

I don't know who told You that the Lw pilots chutes changed colour. I can tell You that troughout the whole war the Lw fighter pilots and bomber pilots or whatever they belonged to were having chutes with white silk and these chutes stayed white silk.
Yellow chutes are for dropping container chutes.

[edwest]

Does anyone have this book?

http://www.schifferbooks.com/newschi...sbn=0764311107



It should help clear things up.



Usual disclaimer,
Ed

[Brian Bines]

I thought both the canopy and harness material used on Luftwaffe aircrew parachutes changed during the war. As well as silk a synthetic weave was used to make canopies which was not always white, any correction or confirmation appreciated.