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| February 1911 | Paris, France | Gaston Hervieu tests his automatic parachute parachute extraction system from the Eiffel Tower |
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June 1914 |
Hendon, England | George Prensiel tests his experimental compressed air parachute extraction system from a moving vehicle. |
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| Date | Country | A'Cft | Unit | Parachute descent by | |
| 20th August 1916 | British RFC |
Balloon |
No.1 Army Kite Balloon | ||
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Captain Basil H.
Radford (KIA) Came unattached from parachute harness and fell to his death |
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![]() 22nd September 1916 |
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Compressed Air Parachute Extraction System Patented In GB Patent 111498 Calthrop proposed that the pilot would sit on a seat that hinged as he was extracted from the aircraft by the ejection of the parachute from its container by compressed air. This patent was published a year later.
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| Date | Country | A'Cft | Unit | Parachute descent by | |
| 1st April 1918 | German A. F |
Albatros DVa |
Jasta 56 |
Vfw Weimar |
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| 1st June 1918 | German A. F |
Jasta 52 |
Ltn Wilhelm Sainte Monte |
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| 27th June 1918 09:00h | German A. F | Albatros DV | Jasta 58 |
Ltn. Helmut Steinbrecher |
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28th June 1918 also
parachuted on |
German A. F. |
Fokker DVII |
Jagdstaffel 4 |
Leutnant Ernst Udet
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| 9th July 1918 | German A. F. |
Jasta 40 |
Helmut Dilthey |
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| 16th July 1918 | German A. F. | Jasta 21 |
Ltn. Hilmar Glocklen |
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16th July 1918 |
German A. F | Jasta 70 |
Vfw Friedrich Megerle |
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| 16th July 1918 | German A. F |
Jasta 36 |
Gustav Nolte |
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16th July 1918 17:50h |
German A. F. | Jasta 26 |
Otto Esswein |
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| 16th July 1918 | German A. F. | Jasta 4 |
Ltn. Julius Bender |
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| 15th July 1918 09:00h | German A. F. | Fokker DVII |
Jagdstaffel 10 |
Leutnant Fritz Friedrichs | |
| 17th July 1918 | German A. F | Jasta65 |
Ltn. Heinrich Zempel |
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20th July 1918 |
German A. F | Jasta 34b |
Werner Meyer |
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| 25th July 1918 | German A. F. | Fokker DVII |
Jagdstaffel 43 |
Leutnant Josef Raesch |
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| 30th July 1918 11:45h | German A. F | Jasta 23 |
Ltn. Paul Vogel |
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| 10th August 1918 12:15h | German A. F | Jasta 10 |
Olt Erich Lowenhardt |
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10th August 1918 12:15h |
German A. F | Jasta 11 |
Ltn Alfred Wenz |
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| 11th August 1918 18:30h | German A. F. | Jasta 23 |
Uffz Max Bauer |
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| 11th August 1918 | German A. F. | Jasta 19 |
Hans Pippart |
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| 12th August 1918 | German A. F. | Fokker DVII |
Jagdstaffel 43 |
Leutnant Schmidt | |
| 14th August 1918 | Jasta 31 |
Ltn. Emil Mayer |
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| 13th August 1918 | German A. F. | Jasta 36 |
Ltn. Gutsche |
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22nd August 1918 |
Austrian Air Service | Flik 42J | Frigyes Hefty |
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| 5th September 1918 19:00h | German A. F | DVII | Jasta 4 |
Ltn. Joachim von Winterfeld |
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| 6th September 1918 | German A. F. | FAA/263 |
Bramme |
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| 8th September 1918 | German A. F. | Jasta 6 |
Gefr. Kurt Blumener |
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| 13th September 1918 19:00h | German A. F | Jasta 19 |
Ltn. Adolf Reinau |
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| 16th September 1918 18:50h | German A. F. |
Pfalz DXII |
Jasta 23b |
Flg Siegfried Braun |
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| 17th September 1918 | Austro - Hungarian Air Service | Albatros | Flik 61 |
Lt. Morath [details via his son Dr. Werner Morath March 1994] |
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| 17th September 1918 | Austro - Hungarian Air Service | Albatros | Flik 61 | Lt. Singer | |
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18th September 1918 |
German A. F. |
Erich Kampfe |
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| 20th September 1918 15:45h | German A. F. | Jasta 26 |
Vfw Otto Fruhner |
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27th September 1918 |
German A. F. | Jasta 59 |
Ltn. Hans Jebens |
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| 27th September 1918 | German A. F. |
Fokker DVII |
Jagdstaffel 5 |
Leutnant Fritz Rumey |
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28th June 1918 07:40h also
used parachute on |
German A. F. |
Fokker DVII 4253/18 |
Jagdstaffel 4 |
Leutnant Ernst Udet THIS PARACHUTE JUMP IS NOW SUSPECT - PROBABLY CONFUSION IN NOTES |
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4th October 1918 19:30h |
German A. F. | Fokker DVII 2063/18 | Jasta 56 |
Ltn. Ernst Baumgartel |
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| 7th October 1918 | German A. F. | Jasta 14 Schusta 30 |
Ltn. Herbert BOY |
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8th October 1918 |
German A. F. | Fokker DVII | Jasta 51 |
Carl Berr |
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10th October 1918 |
German A. F | Jasta 10 |
Ltn Wilhelm Kolbach - collision or rammed by American SPAD flown by Lt. Wilbert White of 147th Aero Squadron, American First Pursuit Goup, Maville, Argonne Front. |
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| 10th October 1918 | German A. F. | Jasta 13 |
Ltn. Franz Buchner |
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16th October 1918 |
German A. F. | Jasta 13 |
Albert Haussman |
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| 28th October 1918 | German A. F | Jasta 58 |
Max Schnell |
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| 1st November 1918 | German A. F | MFJ5 |
Ltn ??? Stier |
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21st July 1919 |
Civilian | Chicago, Illanois, USA | Henry Wacker | ||
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John Boettner |
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