Spare parachute packs on American bombers?

• Jun 2, 2016

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Nice one Steve.

Roman, we're planning a meeting of forum members at Legends next year (see the Warbirds Display threads), so it would be great if you could be there !
There's also a possibility that Karl and I might get to Slavicin again some time next year too.

 

• Jun 2, 2016

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seesul

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Ok Terry, that sounds good. FL depends on more things and I'll know my decision by the end of this year.
But few glasses of beer in Slavicin wouldn't be bad at all

 

• Jun 2, 2016

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Sounds good to me !

 

• Nov 24, 2025

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Maxrobot1

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It has been noted that when an American bomber crash-landed on a base, ground crew form other bombers would rush over to grab parts and items from the soon-to-be written off bomber. I can see things like the unused parachutes "disappearing and accounted for as war loss. It was known that ground crew accumulated stashes of commonly used parts. there were lots of other things that could be "acquired" such as first aid kits, coffee thrmoses, etc.