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04-00291 M-2 Circa 1926

  • Stig Jarlevik said:
    3393 was a M-2 Stig
  • TVL1970 said:
    Parachutist Walter F. "Suicide Slim" Cahill and "Miss Glendale," his partner for this occasion, is Miss Ada Livinia Smith.

Carter Buton Album Loan_00062

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  • Dillweed65 said:
    this is so magical
  • TabooTiki said:
    All the way.

Sgt. Bottrell, parachute jumper (LOC)

  • TVL1970 said:
    The name inscribed on the image ("Bottrell") is misspelled. Sgt. Ralph W. "Perry" Bottriell (US Army Air Service) (b. 1885 - d. 1943), tested experimental parachutes for the Air Service, including the first successful test of a free-fall backpack parachute on May 19, 1919. United States Army Aviators’ Equipment, 1917–1945, 1985, reprint 2015, by C.G. Sweeting, Page 122 - "Between January 1918 and January 1920, Bottriell made approximately 200 jumps from airplanes with various attached and free-type parachutes, including the Type "A." He became the premiere parachute jumper of the Army Air Corps during his distinguished service career. For his pioneering work and fearless, untiring effort in connection with the parachute, Sgt. Bottriell, then a master sergeant in charge of the Parachute Section at Kelly Field, Texas, was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross on March 18, 1932." See also: www.findagrave.com/memorial/391145/ralph-waitman-bottriell
  • Arden said:
    TVL1970: Thank you for this interesting look at aviation history, We will add more information when we update the database.