Spies Used Parachutes
The origin of the practice of dropping troops by parachute was explained in Christchurch by Mr. W. R. Lascelles in an address to territorials. “In the last war, we dropped our spies by silken parachute at night,” he said. ‘‘They buried their parachutes in soft soil, and then slipped away to be about their affairs. This is what gave the Germans the idea of dropping troops by parachute.”
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 20259, 29 May 1940, Page 11
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71Spies Used Parachutes Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 20259, 29 May 1940, Page 11
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