Parachutist Collection

Parachuting Dog
A Finnish parachutist jumps with his dog, who leaps from the plane at his masters command without hesitation, both land safely on six feet

The Mystery Of Squadron X
An illustrated front cover for The Mystery Of Squadron X, written by Walter Tyrer, no. 53 in the pulp fiction series, The Sexton Blake Library

International Air Rally Poster

Dog Parachutist
At Saint Catherine, Canada, a police dog parachutes down with her master

Two posters, Spot at Sight, Enemy Uniforms, WW2. German parachutist, soldier, airman and sailor. 1940s

WW2 - Messerschmitt Attacking A Parachutist
A WW2 children's short story illustration showing a German Messerschmitt fighter plane attacking a British parachutist. Date: circa 1940s

WW2 - Parachutist Making A Delayed Drop
A photograph of a British WW2 parachutist preparing to make a delayed drop, he observes his stopwatch to gauge the right moment to jump. Date: circa 1940s

Happy Landings! WW2
This illustration shows a British WW2 parachutist drifting safely, having evacuated his aircraft which is plummeting in the background. Date: 1941

R. A. F. Parachutist, WW2
This illustration shows a British Royal Air Force airmen preparing to jump from the biplane to parachute safely to ground. Date: 1941

Parachutist preparing to jump from Auster J-1N Alpha G-AIGU
A parachutist preparing to jump from Auster J-1N Alpha G-AIGU (msn 2180), for a television programme hosted by Raymond Baxter. Date: 1959

Parachute training in a hangar. Date: circa 1960s

RAF parachutists pouring beer while in freefall. Date: 1960s

Local Defence Volunteer Force 1940
Local defence volunteer force turns out to defend towns and villages if German attempt to parachute in Britain. Volunteers wearing two-piece khaki uniforms

A Warm Welcome for Every Parachutist
Sixth column strategy: Foresight plans, if London gets invaded by landing Germans dropping from the skies dressed as British civilians they would be collected up by cyclist with tubs of hot boiling

Albert, Duke of York with Parachutist John Tranum
Albert, Duke of York (later King George VI 1895-1952) pictured with the famous Danish parachutist John Tranum (?-1935) at a unique exhibition of Sporting Trophies held at Shell-Mex House

16th Parachute Brigade training, RAF Abingdon
Soldiers of the 16th Parachute Brigade undergoing training at RAF Abingdon, Oxfordshire. Date: 1962

16th Parachute Brigade training
Two soldiers of the 16th Parachute Brigade undergoing training. Date: 1962

Sky diver practising in a field. Date: circa 1963

Sky diver practising before a show. Date: 1965

Anarchist Paracutist
A parachutist escapes from the Attila - the aptly-named flying machine of the evil- minded anarchist Hartmann - while on a bombing raid. (Story only guessed at) Date: 1902

Two sky divers preparing for a jump, with an aeroplane in the background. Date: circa 1960s

RAF parachutists pouring beer while in freefall. Date: 1960s

Parachute Jump 1929
1500 meters above Hawaii, a parachutist jumps from a U.S. Navy biplane Date: 1929

Sharks Eat Parachutist
Sharks enjoy a feast when the Australian parachutist, Lieut. Guiller, is carried out to sea by air currents. Date: 1928

Australian troops in 1917
Australian troops rescuing an officer whose parachute has become entangled with a tree on his descent from a balloon. Near Zillebeke on the Western Front in Belgium during World War I in September

Information poster showing enemy uniforms
Information poster showing two enemy German uniforms: a parachutist and a soldier. Spot at Sight Chart No. 1

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