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FORT BENNING GA - JUMP SCHOOL (1)
This 25-page album of 8x10 prints is a rarity and may not have been
acquired by too many personnel due to cost.
Almost all pages have been inscribed by Hank to detail
what each photo is about. Those inscriptions appear next to
each print. |
Col Lindquist, Tom Shanley
Mockup tower training, 2nd Bn, B Stage. Feb 16 1943 |
Capt Boekoff
leaps from the mockup tower 24 ft.
2nd Bn, B Stage, Feb 17, 1943 |
Riding Down The landing Trainer
2nd Bn, B Stage, Feb 17, 1943 |
Free
Jump from The Tower
1st Bn, C Stage
Feb 24, 1943 |
Boekoff
Again
Hq & Hq Co, B stage, Feb 19, 1943 |
Riding
High
Chaplain Maternowski 3rd Bn, B Stage
Feb 25. 1943 |
Suspended Harness
where we learned to guide our chutes
1st Bn, B Stage, Feb 10, 1943 |
Landing On
A Rubber Mat
1st Bn, C Stage, Feb 18, 1943 |
The
Ground Looks Like This From Aloft 2nd Bn, C Stage, Feb 25, 1943 [Note the shadows thrown by the standing men and the tower] |
The
"Free" Tower
1st Bn, C Stage, Feb 17, 1943 |
Just
Cut Loose from The Free Tower
3rd Bn, Mar 3, 1943 |
The Shock Harness
He's 250 feet up but the harness drops him only 15 feet
2nd Bn, C Stage Feb 25, 1943 |
The Instructor Shouts Directions Through His
Megaphone
3rd Bn, C Stage, Mar 3, 1943 |
Signaling The Planes
Jump Panels on Lawson Field
Mar 4, 1943 |
Emplaning
2nd Bn, D Stage
Mar 4, 1943 |
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