(British) Indian Airborne Forces

(British) Indian Airborne Forces

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  • Airborne officers at 72 Queensway New Delhi 1945/6
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    Airborne officers at 72 Queensway New Delhi 1945/6

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  • 2nd Indian Airborne Division Officers on their departure to Quetta, July 1947.
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    2nd Indian Airborne Division Officers on their departure to Quetta, July 1947.

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  • Colonel Cochran (right) and Major General Orde Wingate (left) briefing US Air Commando air crews before Operation Thursday fly-in on 5/6 March 1944
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    Colonel Cochran (right) and Major General Orde Wingate (left) briefing US Air Commando air crews before Operation Thursday fly-in on 5/6 March 1944

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  • Group photograph of Paratroopers in India, possibly from 16 South Staffs Battalion, 1945
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    Group photograph of Paratroopers in India, possibly from 16 South Staffs Battalion, 1945

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  • 44 / 2nd Indian Airborne Division Old Comrades Association Certificate
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    44 / 2nd Indian Airborne Division Old Comrades Association Certificate

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  • Field Marshal Auchinleck's letter to British troops leaving India after independance, 1947
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    Field Marshal Auchinleck's letter to British troops leaving India after independance, 1947

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  • Menu for independence celebrations India 15 August 1947
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    Menu for independence celebrations India 15 August 1947

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  • Supply chutes being dropped as part of an Indian airborne resupply
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    Supply chutes being dropped as part of an Indian airborne resupply

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  • 2nd Indian Airborne Division featured in the Sunday Statesman
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    2nd Indian Airborne Division featured in the Sunday Statesman

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