Re: [MV] Airdropping Jeeps
Rob Root (root99@earthlink.net)
Tue, 04 Aug 1998 21:06:03 -0700
GIjeeps@aol.com wrote:
>
> In a message dated 98-08-03 01:47:32 EDT, RobRatt@aol.com writes:
>
> << Were Jeeps ever air-dropped (parachuted in) during WW2? If so, how
> was it rigged? Which units? >>
> Not that I have ever heard of. I'm sure it was tried in testing a few times.
> This sort of delivery was generally made by gliders back then.
>
Those of you who have seen "Saving Private Ryan" will undoubtedly have
noticed the Willys Script MB in the back of the "crashed" Waco glider...
-Rob Root
1942 GPW
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