On Mon, 01 Sep 2014 20:25:31 -0500, John Szalay <john.szalay.at.att.net> wrote:
>Lab Lover <Labs@rule.com> wrote in
>news:m8s90a9jldjmogsbfhvfonqq9lnae3qtuo@4ax.com:
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>> On Mon, 01 Sep 2014 15:08:58 -0500, John Szalay
>> <john.szalay.at.att.net> wrote:
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>>>labs@rule.com (Lab Lover) wrote in
>>>news:4L3Nv.59935$412.30149@fx30.iad:
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>>>Don,t you just hate when that happens?
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>>>we had 3/4 ton truck go in like that.
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>> Huh, the chute didn't open on your 3/4 ton truck? :-) Ouch.
>>
>> I was reading the SAS on D-Day had a number of Jeeps air dropped into
>> France. Supposedly they were hung under the bomb bay of Halifax
>> bombers....
>>
>> Picture 21 shows a jeep being dropped out the rear of an aircraft, but
>> I can't think of any WWII aircraft that had a cargo ramp or door like
>> this, can you?
>>
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>Yep, chute failed to deploy, had the Chaplain's M-151 land hard too with
>the cardboard cushions under the center not crushing properly, kind of
>bent it into an arch, when it was towed off the DZ, the driveshaft banged
>on the body with every rev.. so scratch one M-151.............
>
>and
>Not WWII , but with that curved overhang and twin boom, I would have to
>go with a French Nord 2501 1950s-60s era
>
That is a good story and great investigative work. Based on the pictures, it is
obvious you are absolutely correct. I was not even familiar with the Nord.
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