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Back to Airborne Forces Experimental Establishment Photographs

Trials were conducted by the Airborne Forces Experimental Establishment on a converted Fairy Barracuda with a pod attached to each main wing. Each pod, which could fit two parachutists, contained a trap door operated by the pilot. The cramped conditions of the pods made them impractical and the concept was not used operationally.

Close up of parachutist pod fixed to a Fairey Barracuda, AFEE, World War II.

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Copyright Credit Airborne Assault Archive
Date 1st January 1943