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Lieutenant Paul Crook (left) with Tactical HQ at Coast Guard Barracks, November 6, 1956.
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Locals examine the destruction of buildings in Port Said. Fires burn in the background.
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A captured 3.7 inch anti-aircraft gun and other equipment, Suez, November 1956
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Paratroopers surround a jeep on El Gamil airfield, November 1956
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An SU-100 tank destroyer dug into sandy soil. A paratrooper stands on it holding a rifle.
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A French Liaison Officer stands with a seated British paratrooper, Suez, November 1956
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Buildings burn on El Gamil airfield. A recently dropped container can also be seen.
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Colonel Paul Crook and Tactical Headquarters walk towards El Gamil airfield's control tower after dropping.
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Egyptians evacuate Port Said from the Falucca harbour.
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Last of first lift of 3 PARA dropping on El Gamil airfield. Men are making for their RVs. November 5, 1956.
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Men of 3 PARA in Nicosia, Cyprus beside the Hastings aircraft that will drop them at El Gamil airfield.
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Hastings aircraft dropping arms and equipment by parachute to men on the ground.
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HQ Company of 1 PARA en route to Port Said by sea. November 1956.
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Supply containers being dropped by parachute from a Hastings aircraft.
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Capt Geoffrey Howlett, 3 PARA, rides a small tricycle through a street in Port Said while locals look on.
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Major Mike Walsh with a map of El Gamil airfield at a Suez lecture in 1996.
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Men sit nervously inside a cramped aircraft waiting to drop, New Delhi, India, 1941.
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John Waddy jumping from a Vickers Valencia aircraft. Delhi, India, 5 Dec 1941.
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Men emplaning onto a Wellington for their first jumps, India, November 1942.
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Having just exited during a training flight in India, the first parachute is about to open.
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Vickers Valencia aircraft on the ground, Willingdon Airport, New Delhi, 1941.
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Christmas card from Air Landing School, Delhi, 1941. Shows cartoon figures parachuting.
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A parachute stick from the fledgling 151 Battalion await order to emplane, Airlanding School India, 1941
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Wooden ground training equipment replicating exit door of aircraft over sandpit for landing.
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Vickers Valencia after dropping parachutists. The empty bags will be pulled inside by the air dispatcher.
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Parachute jumping instructors recently arrived from Ringway in tropical helmets that were soon disregarded by all troops.
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Final checks by jumping instructors prior to training jumps from a Valencia, RAF Chaklala, India, 1942
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Men standing on wooden swing harness used for teaching parachute control.
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Indian airborne troops are talked through ground training apparatus.
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A complete stick of training Indian parachutists having exited a Valencia, New Dehli, 1941
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Indian paratrooper adopts the landing position prior to landing, New Dehli, India, 1941
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156 Parachute Battalion march past. Air Landing School, New Delhi.
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A Parachute Stick from 151 Parachute Battalion pose for the camera while under training, India, Nov 1941
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Men from No. 1 Indian Air Company squat on the floor outdoors and pack parachutes.
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