Explore More

The Airborne Family

For as long as there have been Airborne soldiers, there has been Airborne Families.  These sometimes forgotten members of the Airborne Community have shared in the trials of Army life,

Joint Services Freefall Trials Team (JSFTT)

The Post War Development of Free Fall Parachuting

British Airborne Electrical and Mechanical Engineer Services (REME)

Record under construction

High Altitude Low Opening (HALO) Freefall Parachuting

High Altitude Low Opening (HALO) is a method of delivering paratroopers, equipment, and supplies from a high altitude via free-fall parachute. It is also known as Military Free Fall (MFF).

HMIS Hindustan Incident

As a result of political unrest in India in December 1945, the 15th (Kings) Parachute Battal

Airborne Assault - The Museum of The Parachute Regiment and Airborne Forces

Opening Times: Opening Times

Afghanistan Trust

The Afghanistan Trust was formed on 15 March 2007 to help support soldiers who have served with The Parachute Regiment, and their families, and who have been affected by operations in Afghanistan.

PARACHUTE REGIMENT CHARTER

Reproduced from the Pegasus Yearbook 2010.

Memorial Pegasus Museum

The Memorial Pegasus is dedicated to the men of 6th Airborne Division and their role during the Battle of Normandy from June to September 1944.

Merville Battery Museum

The Merville Battery Museum is situated in a series of the original casemates at the site of the landings on 6th June 1944.

Firmin (formerly Wilkinson) Sword of Peace

The Firmin Sword of Peace was first instituted as the Wilkinson Sword of Peace in 1966 and is awarded each year to the unit of the UK's armed services judged to have made the most valuable contribu

Tournaments, Tattoos and Public Displays

The Fishmongers' Trophy

The Fishmongers' Trophy is an annual outstanding achievement award made to a member or former member of the Parachute Regiment by the Fishmongers' Comp

Carl Gustav Anti Tank Weapon

The L14A1, Gun, 84mm, Infantry Anti Tank Weapon, known as the Carl Gustav or "Charlie G" was the standard medium hand held anti tank weapon for Airborne Forces in the 1970s and 1980s.

L128A1 Combat Shotgun

The combat shotgun is for use by the Point Man of a section at close quarters within close country and complex terrain.  It allows the soldier to apply a quick rapid rate of fire over

Warthog Armoured Vehicle

Warthog is a modified and better protected version of the Singapore Army Bronco.

Parachute Equipment

Uniform images

Indian Airborne Divisional Artillery

Although 44 Indian Airborne Division was formally established in April 1944, bringing the division up to establishment proved difficult, not least with recruiting divisional troops to support the i

Guards Parachute Association

The Guards Parachute Association was formed on 25 October 1975 when No1 (Guards) Independent Company, The Parachute Regiment, marched off into history.

Oosterbeek - The Old Church

The Old Church in Oosterbeek dates back to the 10th Century and is the oldest church in use in Gelderland.

Exercise King's Joker

Ex King’s Joker was a brigade group exercise of territorial soldiers from 16th Airbo

3 inch Mortar

Further information to follow.

L6 WOMBAT Recoilless Rifle

The L6 Weapon of Magnesium Battalion Anti Tank (WOMBAT) was a 120mm Recoilless Rifle introduced into service in the late 1960s to replace the earlier

Vickers Vigilant Anti Tank Missile

Vigilant (Visually Guided Infantry Light ANti Tank missile) was developed by Vickers-Armstrong to provide an anti-tank missile for the British

Wunstorf and Neustadt April 1945

During the advance eastwards following Operation Varsity, the 7th Battalion suffered heavy losses on 7 April as a result of a road mine detonation;the battle to secure Wunstorf airfield, in which l

The Airborne Shop

The shop was opened in Browning Barracks, Aldershot, to serve museum visitors and the wider garrison and veterans with Airborne related memorabilia, clothing and books.

Hang Ups (of the parachuting kind)

On very rare occasions a parachutist is unable, when jumping from a plane, to break away from the static line hooked up inside the aircraft, usually as a result of entanglement.

T17E1 Staghound Armoured Car

The T17E1 was a large 4 wheel armoured car produced by Chevrolet, in the United States, during the Second World War.

Exercise Longstop 1947

Exercise Longstop in 1947 was the first major airborne exercise conducted in Britain after World War II and involved members of the 2nd Parachute Brigade Group who had returned from Palestine earli