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02-17-2008, 12:39 PM
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| Member  Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Gainesville, Florida
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| Query to combat pilots of WW2 Can any of you guys recall if you wore seat pack or chest pack or back pack parachutes on your missions? Thank you.
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02-17-2008, 04:07 PM
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| Senior Member  Join Date: Jun 2006
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| I never flew, but an acquaintance of mine, Philip Gray, was a Lancaster pilot during late 1943 - 45 and he used the seat parachute exclusively.
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