The Man Who Tested Parachutes
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The Man Who Tested Parachutes Charles Agate and the Development of Britain’s Airborne Forces for D-Day and Arnhem Author(s) :Andrew Colley and John Neil Format:Hardback Dimensions:6.75" x 9.75" Pages:264 Photos:16 mono illustrations Publisher:Air World ISBN:9781036115869 Item No. 9781036115869 Charles Agate's daring parachute testing at RAF Ringway transformed airborne warfare, while his post-war struggles reveal a complex legacy.By 1940 the Allies had fallen behind the Axis powers in parachute design and research. Other than as a means of escape from a doomed aircraft, the British regarded parachuting as of little military value. All that changed when the Germans used paratroops, the Fallschirmjäger, to devastating effect in the invasion of the Low Countries, and Churchill demanded immediate action. The call went out for men who would be prepared to risk their lives testing parachutes, jumping and landing t

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