Lt Bob Bishop MC, No2 Cdo

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Janet has posted a great photo of our dearly missed friend, Bob Bishop, in the Gallery.

Entitled: Bob parachuting 1945, taken from the aircraft, it is a photo of Bob taken just as he has launched from the aircraft - the parachute hadn't even deployed when the photo was taken
It has been annotated, by hand, "Dad Parachuting, 1945"

Look carefully and the ground and the trees below can be made out.

Cracking photo, thanks Janet.

Nick

facinating photo janet! Good ol Bob
BTW Ive been trying to post my pics o nthe gallery but it wont let me register ,,tells me type in those letters but theres no where to do it !arraghh

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Here's a hastily restored version of the photo - hopefully you can identify features on the ground and Bob's static line (from the top of his parachute leading back up to the aircraft).

The white strip at the bottom centre is a road/track - you will notice that there is a "Y" juction where one branch of the road leads off through an avenue of trees to the bottom right of the picture.

Also, in the centre and across the width of the photo, just below Bob's feet, you'll see a fairly wide river/canal flanked by trees.
The point where the road crosses the river is obscured by the aircraft's fuselage.

Nick

What an amazing photo! Thank you for posting it.