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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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Paratroopers descend from Whitley aircraft, possibly Tatton Park, Manchester, 1941-43.
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Parachute troops in air after a training jump, Tatton Park, 9 Jan 1941
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Parachute instructor lands and starts to collapse his parachute, Tatton Park, 1940-1
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Parachute training using a barrage balloon at Ringway. This method of training was still used into the 1990s.
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Parachutes drying at Tatton Park prior to being repacked.
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Possibly the first training fatality from a parachute failing to open (centre left).
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Posed photo of troops practising rallying on the drop zone.
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Posed photo of paratroopers ready for action after discarded their parachutes.
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Posed shot of two equiped paratroopers ready to emplane.
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Photo shows an early weapons container which holds the stick's guns during the drop.
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Paratroops recruits emplane for the first time.
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Paratroopers emplaning for a training exercise.
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Paratroopers in leather RAF B Type helmets, being inspected by General Sir John Dill, c1940.
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Parachute trainees climb into a balloon cage prior to a training jump.
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Paratrooper has just exited the aircraft. He holds a container and is attached to the plane by his release strop.
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Paratroopers training in a Douglas Dakota aircraft. The strop is attached to the floor of the aircraft.
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Paratrooper looks out a Douglas Dakota aircraft window for briefed landmarks on approaching the drop zone.
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Paratroopers getting ready for training jumps out of a Douglas Dakota aircraft.
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Paratroopers crowd around piles of arms and ammunition on the ground.
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Paratroopers jumping from the door of a Blackburn Beverley aircraft.
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Poster comically depicting incorrect procedure - The drill's laid down but you don't "step on it"
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Poster comically depicting incorrect procedure - Knowing the drill saves loads of trouble!
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Poster comically depicting incorrect procedure - When you break away from the drill. . .
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