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Рубрики WWII; Версия для печати

Re: "Band of...

По тексту книги:

скорость - 150 м/ч ( ~240км/ч )
высота - 500 - 600 футов (150 - 180 м)
и контейнеры (leg bags) пообрывались...

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S.E.Ambrose "BoB", Simon & Schuster UK Ltd 2001 (s/c)

p.69
"...
So they increased speed, up to 150 miles per hour in many cases, and although they did not have the slightest idea where they were, except taht it was somewhere over Normandy, they hit the green light.
...They were only 600 feet up, the 40 mm antiaircrsft tracers were coming closer and closer. "About the time the tracers were popping right past the tail of the plane," Lipton remembered, "the green light went on."
..."

p.71:
"They jumped much too low from planes that were flying much too fast. They were carrying far too much equipment and using an untested technique that turned out to be a major mistake. As they left the plane, the leg bags tore loose... Jumping at 500 feet, and even less, they hit the ground within seconds of the opening of the chute, so they hit hard..."