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spidge · 12-12-2007, 01:24 PM

The Japanese paratroopers in the Dutch East Indies, 1941-1942

The Japanese paratroopers
in the Dutch East Indies, 1941-1942

Imperial Stormtroopers and Japanese Airborne Operations – Dutch East Indies 1941-1942

Japanese military parachutists
Contrary to popular believe the Japanese military entered WW2 with an aircrew safety parachute and harness derived and copied from the A-type Leslie Irvin pattern, an American that emigrated to England who developed a chute to deploy with a rip cord to replace the static line used by most pilots and balloonists up to the 1920’s.

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spidge Super Moderator Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Melbourne Australia Posts: 3,171 You're Top Poster: #3 Awards Showcase Total Awards: 5	The Japanese paratroopers in the Dutch East Indies, 1941-1942 The Japanese paratroopers in the Dutch East Indies, 1941-1942 The Japanese paratroopers in the Dutch East Indies, 1941-1942 Imperial Stormtroopers and Japanese Airborne Operations – Dutch East Indies 1941-1942 Japanese military parachutists Contrary to popular believe the Japanese military entered WW2 with an aircrew safety parachute and harness derived and copied from the A-type Leslie Irvin pattern, an American that emigrated to England who developed a chute to deploy with a rip cord to replace the static line used by most pilots and balloonists up to the 1920’s. Read more here: The Japanese paratroopers in the Dutch East Indies, 1941-1942 __________________ Spidge, ------------------------------------------------------- My Avatar is the memorial to the 22 Commonwealth Coastwatchers at the Temakin Cemetery on Betio (Tarawa Atoll) who were beheaded by the Japanese on 15th October 1942. http://www.dva.gov.au/media/publicat...mem_beito.html "You were given the choice between war and dishonor. You chose dishonor and you will have war." (Winston Churchill made this prophetic pronouncement in a House of Commons speech in 1938, just after Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain signed the Munich agreement with Hitler. Chamberlain returned from Germany with the signed agreement in hand, proclaiming that "peace in our time" had been achieved. Churchill attacked Chamberlain's "politics of appeasement" in this and many other speeches.) What did the Australians do in ww2 and other conflicts? Check out this site: http://www.diggerhistory.info/00-pag...ster-index.htm