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Here's a Beverley in action.

This aircraft had a double decker type fuselage, the crew being
upstairs with accommodation extending into the tail boom This, as well
the side doors, could be used for paratrooping purposes but luckily,
as it entailed jumping into a hole in the floor of the boom, I managed
to avoid that pleasure.


Interesting times! I never did tell my wife about that one.

Ri©ardo




I think many old paras, can relate horror stories about their days
in the service.

the C-124 Globemaster also had an upper deck, and it was a pain
if you were on the upper deck and had to walk down the ladder to get in
line to the jump door.

I had two horrible flights on "Old Shaky" out of the several we flew on
them, one was on a HOT August day when the thermals were really nasty
we bounced all over the sky, flight was so rough everyone was airsick, I
was first in the door on the green light, I was so ready to get off the
plane, I could not jump I just fell out the door, , when I got on the
ground, I just pulled the chute over me and lay there, the medics drove
up to check me, I just said go away and let me die here..
Barf..............


the other flight was a night jump, they opened the jump door, we stood up
and hooked up, one idiot who was close to the door, didn,t keep his hand
over the D-ring on his reserve, & bumped someone , the reserve dropped
out and the wind from the open door whipped the chute and then jumper out
the door, miles before the DZ. landed in the trees , they spent most
of the night looking for him.. he lived, but he suffered bad back
injuries from being jerked out the door. was on light duty for months..