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Parachute saving instruments, George Grantham Bain Collection
Summary
Photograph probably related to U.S. Army Air Service Sergeant Ralph W. "Perry" Bottriell (1885-1943), a parachute jumper of the Army Air Corps who was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross on March 18, 1932. He tested many parachutes including the first successful test of a free-fall backpack parachute. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2018 and similar negatives: LC-B2- 5319-4 and LC-B2- 5319-6)
Title from data provided by the Bain News Service on the negative.
Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress).
General information about the George Grantham Bain Collection is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.ggbain
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Date
01/01/1915
Source
Library of Congress
Copyright info
No known restrictions on publication. For more information, see George Grantham Bain Collection - Rights and Restrictions Information https://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/274_bain.html
