Tom,

What do you know about this other collision? I think the obvious question we have to ask is, did it actually happen?

If it did, did it result in a write off or did the two aircraft survive to fly another day?

If it is the latter then none of our books will be of any help as they were virtually all written based on end fates. In that case you’d need someone who is going to the RAFM for a research visit to check the microfilms to see if there is an 1180 recording the incident.

I see what you mean about the velcro patches. I guess all that family of parachutes were very similar in design with subtle differences depending on where they were being used.

That said, as a PSP could be used in none ejection seat aircraft (take for instance RN helicopters, I know, bad example for a parachute), would there not have been manually operated parachutes made for use with PSPs that were never fitted to ejection seats?

Further edit: Not the smallest of files, but there is reference to the Mk.18 parachute and it use here http://www.gbairspares.co.uk/reference/2ca.pdf in section 3 “Composition of the Assembly” it has “Parachute assembly seat Type Mk 18” made by Irvin. Further down from Part 9 to 11 is a description of the parachtue assembly where again the Mk.18 chute is referenced. As the photo of the identification patch clearly states Mk.18 you had it right was A Mk.2CA seat.

It’s got its faults, but even so I got 98th Percentile.

I don’t really want to put any spoilers on here but when asked for Avro transport you don’t go for an aircraft which was all but a handful built for airline use, and for another transport you don’t think of putting its civilian name, especially when it served under two different military names.

Have Blue

These reports are all in bound (or semi-bound) volumes arranged by date, you simply turn and request the volume that should contain the report you are after, then go through the reports until you find the right one. Don’t bother asking them to do a copy, they will almost certainly only give a quote for the whole volume (which might be a couple of hundred reports). Most reports are also entered as a per aircraft rather than a per person type items, some of the early ones are individual reports for individual prisoners though.

The file you want is either AIR 40/2399 or AIR 40/2400.

So the crazy man has survived. Got home just in time to watch it online.

Andy, he was replying to the last paragraph in your previous post.

To answer Merlin’s point, the dig was in France, where there is no influence from the MoD regulations re personal effects. In the UK under the licencing scheme all personal effects have to be returned to the MoD, see paragraph 20 of the notes for guidance.