Did the RAF use German parachutes?

[reflected]

Dear 1C,
Imagine, my Hurricane gets shot up and I decide to bail out over Kent. A couple of farmers find me like this, what will they do?! It's certainly not the Queen's English on the parachute buckle

Or maybe there's a spy in the squadron who wants to sabotage us? But why did it open then?

[philip.ed]

Indeed, RAF parachutes (from memory) had the writing on the quick-release box written inverted, so that the pilots could look down and read the text...

given that the Germans were largely ahead in pilot-technology, I can't see why this wasn't the case with the Germans too, so, henceforth, is the box wrongly modelled?

Sorry, I left my anorak on today

[reflected]

You don't get it...that pilot had just baled out from a Hurricane!

[Macka]

One would think that a little bit of research is required before making posts like this. After all goggle is your friend. Its not German its Austrian from the "Vienna Schnitzel and Paraschuten Korporation LLC"

[Kongo-Otto]

Originally Posted by Macka

One would think that a little bit of research is required before making posts like this. After all goggle is your friend. Its not German its Austrian from the "Vienna Schnitzel and Paraschuten Korporation LLC"

You are wrong!!
If its from Austria (which btw was non existant from 1938-45)
it should have the Name: "Vienna Schnitzel and Paraschuten Korporation Ges.m.b.H und Co.KG ehemals K.u.K. Hoflieferant"
Translated: "Vienna Schnitzel and Paraschuten Korporation LLC former Austrian- Hungarian Empire Parachuten Supplier by appointment of the Austrian Emperor"

[philip.ed]

Originally Posted by reflected

You don't get it...that pilot had just baled out from a Hurricane!

No I know! But I'm also saying, that this may be incorrectly modelled too...

[Sauf]

Just tell the farmers your Polish.

[_79_dev]

~S~

That's the way to do it, they will let you go, only you have to milk their cows...

[JimmyGiro]

... and fix their plumbing.