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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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Vickers Valencia after dropping parachutists. The empty bags will be pulled inside by the air dispatcher.
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Having just exited during a training flight in India, the first parachute is about to open.
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Men sit nervously inside a cramped aircraft waiting to drop, New Delhi, India, 1941.
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Paratroopers board a Whitley Bomber prior to a training exercise, 1940.
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6th Airborne Division dropping on Salisbury Plain in preparation for D-Day.
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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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Stick from 151 Battalion jumping from a Valencia, 1941
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Paratroopers descend from Whitley aircraft, possibly Tatton Park, Manchester, 1941-43.
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Indian paratrooper adopts the landing position prior to landing, New Dehli, India, 1941
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Parachute troops in air after a training jump, Tatton Park, 9 Jan 1941
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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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John Waddy jumping from a Vickers Valencia aircraft. Delhi, India, 5 Dec 1941.
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A complete stick of training Indian parachutists having exited a Valencia, New Dehli, 1941
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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 emplaning onto a Wellington for their first jumps, India, November 1942.
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Salvo, a US Para Dog during a parachute exercise at St Andrew's Field, 1943
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Inspection of Border Regiment by King George VI on Salisbury Plain, 1943.
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Paratrooper takes cover in some long grass while training, North Africa, 1943
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Two RAMC orderlies lifting a man on a stretcher during an exercise, North Africa, 1943
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Two men of 1st Airborne Division run along a beach in training for seaborne landings, August 1943
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1st Airborne Division training in North Africa for seaborne landings, August 1943.
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Seven men from 1st Airborne Division run along sandy terrain, North Africa, 1943
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Men on balloon continuation training prior to Normandy and Arnhem, 1944
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Paratroopers prepare for an exercise prior to the Rhine Crossing operation, early 1945
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A parachute drop by 15th (Kings) Parachute Battalion, India, 1946
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Paratrooper descends at RAF Aqir, Palestine, c.1946-7
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Halifax bomber dropping Jeep and containers during a practice run near Netheravon, 1946-47.
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Loaded Halifax on RAF Aqir perimeter track prior to take off for Exercise Yeo to Yibneh DZ, Palestine, 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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A jeep candles on the Yibneh DZ during Exercise Yeo, Palestine, 1946
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Members of 5th (Scottish) Parachute Bn on a DZ with field packed parachutes c1947
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