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Men of 1st Parachute Battalion line up to emplane an aircraft.
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Brigadier Gale, King George VI and Major Dobie inspect troops at Ringway.
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Members of an early parachute course assemble prior to an aircraft descent.
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Posed shot of two equiped paratroopers ready to emplane.
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Early paratrooper wearing a specially constructed helmet.
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Early paratrooper looks at the camera prior to a training exercise.
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Line of paratroops showing the early parachute smock and experimental head protection.
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Photo shows an early weapons container which holds the stick's guns during the drop.
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Three paratroopers wearing early experimental head protection.
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Four paratroopers carry a container to their aircraft ready for load in.
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Early paratroopers wearing the locally manufactured rubber "Flash Gordon" helmet, c1940.
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RAF jump instructor makes final checks of parachute harnesses prior to emplaning.
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A parachute course assembles prior to a final descent which is done en masse.
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A later parachute course parade at Ringway. Notice the Wellington aircraft on the right.
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Paratroops recruits emplane for the first time.
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Early shot of men emplaning prior to parachute descent.
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Details of the drop zone are briefed to troops with a map on an aircraft wing.
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Paratroopers emplaning for a training exercise.
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Numbering off of sticks prior to emplaning Whitley aircraft. Aircraft crew look on.
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A stick of parachutists march in a line to emplane a Whitley aircraft.
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Parachute trainees climb into a balloon cage prior to a training jump.
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Shot from a raised balloon cage for training jumps. A parachute stick wait on the ground.
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Early paratrooper adopts correct jumping position on exiting the aircraft over Tatton Park.
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Paratrooper has just exited the aircraft. He holds a container and is attached to the plane by his release strop.
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Cartoon of parachuting instructors and staff at Ringway, February 1944.
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