parachute

Parachute men at the front of a B-25. Yangkai, Spring 1945. Ted & Estes (Sgt. Robert E.; Transportation Section). Image is looking west across field, the hills in the background, as of February 2016, can be seen here.

An American flyer--piece of silk parachute slung around his neck--is surrounded by appreciative crowd of Chinese people in Guangxi, China. During WWII.

Keepsake (above)--a piece of the parachute used to bailout, signed by all the people who bailed out that day. Text below courtesy of Elmer Bukey. This is a story about my bail-out from an 11th Bomb plane named "Chicken Charlie". On the 30th of March 1944 I was told to preflight the B-25 in preparation for a test flight prior...

10CU 5G20 4 2ND T.C. AIR SUPPLY SEG. Dropping supplies by air.

An African-American serviceman carefully packs a parachute for use by aircrews in emergency bailouts, in some location in the CBI, where the weather is hot.