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Brigadier Gale, King George VI and Major Dobie inspect troops at Ringway.
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Posed photo of troops practising rallying on the drop zone.
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Men of 1st Parachute Battalion line up to emplane an aircraft.
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Recruits emplaning prior to a training jump at Ringway. Note number two is carrying his parachute container.
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Men receive their parachute wings in a presentation on successful completion of their jump training.
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Troops emplaning for air familiarisation training before jumping.
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Equipped troops are briefed prior to training jumps from a Whitley aircraft.
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Recruit about to jump from a parachute tower possibly at Ringway.
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Visit to Ringway from Queen Elizabeth and King George VI.
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Recruit in training lands in parachute position.
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Recruit collapses his parachute after landing at Tatton Park.
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Possibly the first training fatality from a parachute failing to open (centre left).
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Parachutes drying at Tatton Park prior to being repacked.
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Shot of a parachute training descent with container immediately on exiting the aircraft over Tatton Park.
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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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Paratroopers board a Whitley Bomber prior to a training exercise, 1940.
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Parachute instructor lands and starts to collapse his parachute, Tatton Park, 1940-1
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Paratroopers in leather RAF B Type helmets, being inspected by General Sir John Dill, c1940.
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General Sir John Dill inspects a parachute with 11 SAS at Tatton Park December 1940
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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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