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Originally Posted by 112thSOLCA
I remember it....
I worked for LTG Lindsay when he commanded XVIII Airborne Corps in the mid 80s.
Just prior to taking over the Corps he did a test jump of low opening parachute system with a German Army NCO. If I recall correctly the jump was done onto Pike Field from 250'AGL.
Both chutes had problems and the German NCO died as a result.
I wasn't there when it happened but I remember General Lindsay telling about it.
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I remember this. My Pathfinder unit, 11th CAG, worked often with the Fallschirmjaeger 252 Bn out of Calw. We had an invitation to join them at Altenstadt so we could jump this rig. After that fatality, the jump was called off. That was in 1985.