Jack Posted October 12, 2009 Share Posted October 12, 2009 Full story on the front page! The "paradummies" - nicknamed Ruperts - were designed to explode and burst into flames when they hit the ground in order to hide their presence and purpose. They were dropped in four locations over Normandy at about the same time thousands of Allied airmen landed in the correct drop-zones on the night of June 5, 1944. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jessie The Jeep Posted October 12, 2009 Share Posted October 12, 2009 ........The "paradummies" - nicknamed Ruperts........... Bodge, are you going to stand for that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bodge Deep Posted October 12, 2009 Share Posted October 12, 2009 ...no I'm sitting down! probably from the quaint tradition of referring to officers as 'Ruperts' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smithy Posted October 14, 2009 Share Posted October 14, 2009 What an interesting read that was. Although I knew about the paradummies being dropped I didn't know that some SAS men went in with them as well. Will be interesting to see how much it makes at auction. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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