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Field Marshal Montgomery, in a fetching pair of gloves, inspects an Airborne Jeep, c.1944

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Detail view of bonnet top ammunition holders and stowage holders on wing for Airborne jeep, c.1944

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Detail view of Airborne Jeeps showing modifications to bumpers, stowage and lights, c.1944

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Airborne Jeep on a heavy dropping platform to be suspended from underwing of Hastings, c.1948-9

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Memorial to the Missing, Medjez-el-Bab War Cemetery, Tunisia

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Parachute packing of X-Types during the Second World War

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Sequence showing the deployment of the X Type, Parachute Training Manual, 1944

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Diagrams showing deployment of the X Type, Parachute Training Manual, 1944

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Diagram of X-Type canopy and rigging from the Parachute Training Manual, 1944

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Diagram showing the Harness of the X Type, from the Parachute Training Manual, 1944

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The perfect landing from the Parachute Training Manual, 1944

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