Formation and Early Airborne Forces

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Drag training teaches trainee parachutists to realease themselves from being dragged by parachute on the ground.
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Drag training teaches trainee parachutists to release themselves from being dragged by parachute on the ground.

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Having just exited during a training flight in India, the first parachute is about to open.
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Having just exited during a training flight in India, the first parachute is about to open.

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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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Men from No. 1 Indian Air Company squat on the floor outdoors and pack parachutes.
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Men from No. 1 Indian Air Company squat on the floor outdoors and pack parachutes.

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Men from No. 1 Indian Air Company squat on the floor outdoors and pack parachutes.
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Men from No. 1 Indian Air Company squat on the floor outdoors and pack parachutes.

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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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Recruit pulling in a parachute container after dropping. Note he is wearing the new parachute helmet.
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Recruit pulling in a parachute container after dropping, Ringway.

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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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Parachute training using a barrage balloon at Ringway. This method of training was still used into the 1990s.

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Shot of a parachute training descent with container immediately on exiting the aircraft over Tatton Park.
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Shot of a parachute training descent with container immediately on exiting the aircraft over Tatton Park.

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Trainee adopting the parachute position on landing, poss RAF Netheravon.
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Trainee adopting the parachute position on landing, poss RAF Netheravon.

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The Viceroy of India Lord Linlithgow inspects parachute with Sqn Ldr Brereton at New Delhi, 1941.
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The Viceroy of India Lord Linlithgow inspects parachute with Sqn Ldr Brereton at New Delhi, 1941.

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A Parachute course stick photographed during the early parachute training days with their harnesses and headwear on.
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A Parachute course stick photographed during the early parachute training days with their harnesses and headwear on.

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