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3 PARA training excercise, Thetford Norfolk, 1951.
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3 PARA training excercise, Thetford Norfolk, 1951.
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Diagram of X-Type canopy and rigging from the Parachute Training Manual, 1944
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Diagram of X-Type canopy and rigging from the Parachute Training Manual, 1944
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Diagram showing the Harness of the X Type, from the Parachute Training Manual, 1944
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Diagram showing the Harness of the X Type, from the Parachute Training Manual, 1944
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Diagrams showing deployment of the X Type, Parachute Training Manual, 1944
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Diagrams showing deployment of the X Type, Parachute Training Manual, 1944
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Example of a GQ X-Type Parachute
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Example of a GQ X-Type Parachute
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Example of a GQ X-Type Parachute
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Example of a GQ X-Type Parachute
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Example of a GQ X-Type Parachute
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Example of a GQ X-Type Parachute
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How not to land, Parachute Training Manual, 1944
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How not to land, Parachute Training Manual, 1944
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Iain S Bowen, X-type with C.S.P.E.P. over New Sarum airbase, Salisbury Rhodesia 11 Feb 1971
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Iain S Bowen, X-type with C.S.P.E.P. over New Sarum airbase, Salisbury Rhodesia 11 Feb 1971
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Instruction sketches for parachute training pamphlet, showing X-Type Parachute
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Instruction sketches for parachute training pamphlet, showing X-Type Parachute
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No 1 PTS Instructors, Rhodesia, prior to last X Type jump
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No 1 PTS Instructors, Rhodesia, prior to last X Type jump
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Parachute packing of X-Types during the Second World War
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Parachute packing of X-Types during the Second World War
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