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On 04/02/2016 14:57, John Szalay wrote:
> Ricardo?= <here@glorious-somerset.uk> wrote in news:-
> PCdnf5BLbpjoC7LnZ2dnUU7-d-dnZ2d@giganews.com:
>> Separation of heavy drop and personnel drop would seem common sense,
>> would it not, with the personnel coming in within a few minutes of the
>> heavy stuff? Even better, get the troops on the ground first to secure
>> perimeters and then await the heavy stuff!
>>
>> I know that they're dreadful pictures, but fifty years have passed and
>> the Kodak Brownie 127 did have some limitations. Here's me with a
>> vehicle I helped to rig and, and the next one, which I took, was after
>> parachuting in and assisting with securing the DZ, to allow instant
>> access to our vehicles and kit once they landed.
>>

>>
>
>
>
> Like wise,  and sometimes the heavy drop goes where it wants to.
>
> We dropped in the day before, setup and waited for resupply,
> the birdmen decided to land one resupply pallet right on top
> of a tent, there is a tent , bedroll and gasmask under the pallet
>
> they didn,t even hit the dropzone,  & we were 25ft in the heavy woods.
> but they missed the squad tent.
> sorry for the scratched negatives.. been stored in a drawer for 50
> years..
>
>
>

As we know, real life is rather different to the theory situation. Once
you've had air under your boots...

:-)



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