Cross & Cockade Forum : First British Military Parachute Jump http://www.crossandcockade.com/forum/ This is an XML content feed of; Cross & Cockade Forum : General : First British Military Parachute Jump Copyright (c) 2006-2011 Web Wiz Forums - All Rights Reserved. Mon, 20 May 2013 23:13:17 +0000 Tue, 05 Jun 2012 22:04:27 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Web Wiz Forums 10.03 360 www.crossandcockade.com/forum/RSS_post_feed.asp?TID=788 Cross & Cockade Forum http://www.crossandcockade.com/forum/forum_images/web_wiz_forums.png http://www.crossandcockade.com/forum/ First British Military Parachute Jump : My father jumped out of some balloon... http://www.crossandcockade.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=788&PID=2426&title=first-british-military-parachute-jump#2426 Author: Robert Mann
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Posted: 05 Jun 2012 at 22:04

My father jumped out of some balloon baskets when enemy aircraft attacked (using, I assume, some tracer bullets which would have a fair chance of igniting the balloon; I assume hydrogen, as opposed to helium, was the buoyant gas).  He said the parachute was merely stowed loosely around the periphery of the basket.  Do any statistics survive on how often those parachutes 'Roman candle'd ?]]> Tue, 05 Jun 2012 22:04:27 +0000 http://www.crossandcockade.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=788&PID=2426&title=first-british-military-parachute-jump#2426 First British Military Parachute Jump : Hi Errol Thanks very much... http://www.crossandcockade.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=788&PID=2423&title=first-british-military-parachute-jump#2423 Author: John-G
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Posted: 01 Jun 2012 at 06:22

Hi Errol
 
Thanks very much for the information.
 
 
Cheers
 
 
John
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Posted: 31 May 2012 at 23:08

John,
 
Casualty card held by RAF Museum.
 
Errol
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Posted: 31 May 2012 at 08:21

Hi Errol,

Thanks for the information.  One of the problems with AIR76 is that it was all written up in a hurry when the RAF was formed and a lot of mistakes followed. I am not doubting your word, but do you have a reference for this information.

john-G

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Posted: 30 May 2012 at 22:44

CliveCollett was posted to the ExperimentalArmament Sqn at Orfordness as Flt Cdr 'A' Flt on 1 Aug 16. He made the 1stparachute descent from a British military aeroplane on 13 Jan 17, and made a2nd descent on the 21st.

 
Collett was accidentallykilled over the Fith of Forth on 23 December 1917 while flying capturedAlbatros DV G.56 .
 
Errol
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Posted: 30 May 2012 at 15:38

Paul and all,  Frank Goodden certainly parachuted from the balloon 'Echantress' at Port Meadow, Oxford, on 17 April 1911.  My booklet 'The Royal Flying Corps in Oxfordshire - 1912/1918' tells it all and copies cheaply available from me at wright.brother@tesco.net
 
Peter Wright. 
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Posted: 30 May 2012 at 09:45

I can confirm that official trials were made of the "guardian angel" parachute early in 1917, but don't know the pilots name.
And Nick is right that parachute jumping, especially from balloons and airships, was already fairy well known, both here and in the USA.
I believe that Frank Goodden was an exhibition jumper, before he was a test pilot.
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Posted: 30 May 2012 at 08:32

I was asking because parachuting from balloons was a 19th century innovation and there were some trials at Hendon (Professor Newall ?) jumping off the skid of a Farman (or similar) before this...]]> Wed, 30 May 2012 08:32:53 +0000 http://www.crossandcockade.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=788&PID=2415&title=first-british-military-parachute-jump#2415 First British Military Parachute Jump : Hi Nick, Yes I belive so. As... http://www.crossandcockade.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=788&PID=2413&title=first-british-military-parachute-jump#2413 Author: John-G
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Posted: 30 May 2012 at 08:29

Hi Nick,
 
Yes I belive so.  As I understand it, Collett who was serving at the time made the jump.  His Air 76 puts him at Orfordness between June - to the middle of November 1916, when he went to France and joined 18 Squadron, by  the middle of April 1917 he was home with 59 RS. I understand the the claim for the first desent/jump was made in early 1917?
 
john-G
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Posted: 30 May 2012 at 08:16

Just to clarify, is this a claim for the first parachute jump by a serving member of the British military as part of an official trial from a service aeroplane ?
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