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[Northerner]

My dad was in the Parachute Regiment and he had his 13th jump on Friday the 13th. The other guys arranged it so he would be 13th out of the plane 😱 His parachute had a problem as he landed and he got knocked unconscious, although no broken bones. He said that when he woke up he found he was back on a plane and told to jump again so he wouldn't lose his nerve! 😱 I've never been entirely convinced about that last bit, although you never know - it was 1948, a time when H&S was probably not as strict as today, especially in the paras 😱 🙂

 

[mikeyB]

I detect a touch of topic drift on this thread. My last post used a simile about parachutes. Maybe I should have said it was like pissing on the Great Fire of London, though god knows what sort of tales that might have precipitated😳

 

[Northerner]

I detect a touch of topic drift on this thread. My last post used a simile about parachutes. Maybe I should have said it was like pissing on the Great Fire of London, though god knows what sort of tales that might have precipitated😳

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