defenitly, its a bit far for me to go from newcastle but worth a visit.

they have good facilities and displays.

they were kind enough to take me into the shackleton.

i just want to get down for their cockpit fest!

Looks very clean!!!!!!!!

and cramped!

Item 70 on the accompanying extract from Vol. 1 is the parachute stowage for the rear gunner in a Halifax III.

At least the MUG could have eyes on the flight engineer from his bubble.

and i suppose it will depend on the pilots approach to let the rear gunner out of his turret early on the way home.

My relative was a 19 year old rear gunner who FTR on his 29th op.

any chance listing the other items numbered in this diagram please?

cheers

can this be confirmed for Halifax’s?

thats what i heard but not sure if it was for Halifax, i wouldnt want to be trying to put it on!

cheers for that

I was pretty sure it wasnt a type with 0.5 but with 0.303.

Ive sat in the one at Elvington……..pretty small.

what was the practice with parachutes for the rear gunner?
did they have one on or did they have to open up and reach in to get it on then turn 90 degrees to bail out.

It would be pretty impossible to put it on whilst going down.

🙁