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Moggy C
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You can see in the lower picture the substantial metal hooks onto which the pack would be clipped. Whilst the pilot often sat on their packs, gunners particularly couldn’t fit into a cramped turret whilst wearing the parachute pack, so this was hung on hooks nearby in the fuselage.

Moggy