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Men from No.1 Indian Air Company squat on teh floor outdoors and pack loads for dropping.
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Men from No.1 Indian Air Company squat on the floor outdoors and pack loads for dropping.

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Men from a parachute course in 1945 pose for the camera with their girlfriend's names written on their hats.

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Men of 1st Airborne Reconnaissance Sqn securing crossroads near Wolfheze. PIAT gun in foreground.
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Men of 1st Airborne Reconnaissance Sqn securing crossroads near Wolfheze. PIAT gun in foreground.

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Margaret Thatcher talks to troops around a table during a visit early on in the troubles.
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Margaret Thatcher talks to troops around a table during a visit early on in the troubles.

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Members of 181 Fd Amb Bulford 28 Feb 1942 who took part in the Bruneval raid pose for a group photo.
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Members of 181 A/L Fd Amb at Bulford 28 February 1942 on return from Bruneval Raid

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Major General Stockwell, Commander of the 6th Airborne Division meets General Sir Alan Cunningham
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Major General Stockwell, Commander of the 6th Airborne Division meets General Sir Alan Cunningham

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Major General A.J.H Cassels congratulates the Cross-Country Running team of the 8th Parachute Battalion, 1946
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Major General AJH Cassels congratulates the Cross Country Running team of the 8th Parachute Battalion, 1946.

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Operation Longstop .Monty & his Gang
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Montgomery and others observe Exercise Longstop at Salisbury Plain, 1947

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Men from 210 Airlanding Battery RA loading a jeep into a Horsa during Exercise Purdy, RAF Aqir, Palestine, Autumn 1946
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Men from 210 Airlanding Battery RA loading a jeep into a Horsa during Exercise Purdy, RAF Aqir, Palestine, Autumn 1946

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Me and thats what i call a bergan, Why were they so heavy
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Me and that's what I call a bergan. Why were they so heavy?

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