technically every parachute saves the jumper’s life.
Sea_Cook829 on
That’s love
hatecriminal on
Women in Europe used to harbor and shelter downed airmen in the hope that they’d leave the parachute with them upon rescue and recovery.
Good deal all around, tbh.
oozing_sarcasm on
What a nice way to say I love you
Fair_Performance4834 on
Now that is cool.
ageoldpoopride on
In highschool, a man who had been a kid during WWII Britian told us that people would make underwear out of used parachutes
MeatRobotBC on
I believe this was quite common. In Band of Brothers Lieutenant Harry Welsh mentions he’s still got his ‘chute because it’ll make a good wedding dress for Kitty.
edelkroone on
This was pretty common, not just for wedding dresses. There was a shortage of fabric and an abandoned parachute was a lot of free fabric. My grandmother was a seamstress during the war and told me lots of stories when I was a kid.
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It’s quite ethereal. Nice recycle.
In 1944, Claude Hensinger, an American
serviceman, jumped out of his burning aircraft
over war-torn Japan, deployed his parachute
and eventually found his way to safety. After
the war, his fiancée used material from the
parachute to make her wedding gown.
technically every parachute saves the jumper’s life.
That’s love
Women in Europe used to harbor and shelter downed airmen in the hope that they’d leave the parachute with them upon rescue and recovery.
Good deal all around, tbh.
What a nice way to say I love you
Now that is cool.
In highschool, a man who had been a kid during WWII Britian told us that people would make underwear out of used parachutes
I believe this was quite common. In Band of Brothers Lieutenant Harry Welsh mentions he’s still got his ‘chute because it’ll make a good wedding dress for Kitty.
This was pretty common, not just for wedding dresses. There was a shortage of fabric and an abandoned parachute was a lot of free fabric. My grandmother was a seamstress during the war and told me lots of stories when I was a kid.