Ancientaviator62
On para drops when the doors were removed ready for despatch they were supposed to be stowed in the toilets. Fitting problems and time constraints meant they were just dumped on the floor aft. This would not improve the chances of them fitting any better.
When I was at Abingdon in 1959 Hastings took-off and landed with the para door removed when doing drops at nearby Weston-on-the-Green. See below.
