List of Every operational para drop ever done.

[troopie]

Here for those who are interested, is a list of every operational parachute jump ever made from 1939 to 2004 History of military operational parachute jumps

troopie

[Sgt_Walrus]

Thanks Troopie
Handy site to have bookmarked.
Cheers
SGT

[Double_Deuce]

Interesting. Might make for some good scenarios or even campaigns.

[DRG]

Yes, that is an excellent website and list. I'm sure if you had asked most people how many jumps were made in 1947 few would have guessed 28 with half being combat related jumps involving over 100 men.

Don

[loktarr]

In the 1982 page, knows anybody what means 'Water jump'?

[Shan]

loktarr said:
In the 1982 page, knows anybody what means 'Water jump'?

Due to the long distance between their nearest air strip on Ascension Island and the RN Task Force operating near the Falklands, the only way to send certain specialists personnel down to the task force was to let them jump from a Hercules into the cold Atlantic (thas's why it's called a water jump) next to the ships, to be hopefully picked up ASAP... - quite brave, especially if you consider that most of these men were no trained paratroopers (the Hercules were hastily equipped with refuelling probes that they didn't have before for reinforcing the task force + dropping special operations units).

[Shan]

OK it says here most men were from the SAS, so at least Special Forces + most of them Para-trained as well, but I read somewhere else that they also had to drop some other essential personnel that was not even jump-qualified.