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Paratroop Collection

Background imageParatroop Collection: WW2 - Paratroop Tribesmen of the Iraq Levies

WW2 - Paratroop Tribesmen of the Iraq Levies in their traditional tribal costumes before going on leave from the R.A.F. station where they are training

Background imageParatroop Collection: WW2, Paratroop

WW2, Paratroop
An illustration of a little bow dressed in the uniform of a WW2 paratrooper, he is falling from the skies in his parachute. Date: circa 1940s

Background imageParatroop Collection: Vickers Wellington B. III BK461, with Dunlop Compacta tyres

Vickers Wellington B. III BK461, with Dunlop Compacta tyres
Vickers Wellington B.III BK461, at Honiley with Dunlop for trials of its Compacta wheel covers. Seen with the smallest diameter wheels fitted

Background imageParatroop Collection: American paratroop, hunting snipers in St. Mere Eglise, firing a volley into a church

American paratroop, hunting snipers in St. Mere Eglise, firing a volley into a church tower, used by German soldiers as an observation post

Background imageParatroop Collection: Thai paratroop trainee jump over Royal Air Force Sembawang

Thai paratroop trainee jump over Royal Air Force Sembawang
Thai paratroop training by the Royal Air Force at RAF Sembawang in Singapore 11: The paratrooper jumped out from the airplane door to Sembawang airport, Singapore. You can see runway at the downside

Background imageParatroop Collection: Thai paratroop trainee practising rapelling

Thai paratroop trainee practising rapelling
Thai paratroop training by the Royal Air Force at RAF Sembawang in Singapore 09:The rappelling training down from the tree when the parachute stuck in the tree. It is a training Class

Background imageParatroop Collection: Thai paratroop trainees group photograph before first jump

Thai paratroop trainees group photograph before first jump
Thai paratroop training by the Royal Air Force at RAF Sembawang in Singapore 10:My dress with parachute is completed. Take a photo to be a good memory before take off the airplane

Background imageParatroop Collection: Thai paratroop trainee practising a treescape - parachute

Thai paratroop trainee practising a treescape - parachute
Thai paratroop training by the Royal Air Force at RAF Sembawang in Singapore 08:The training of take the chute out from the body while be strapped in a parachute in a tree

Background imageParatroop Collection: Thai paratroop trainee practising control of the parachute

Thai paratroop trainee practising control of the parachute
Thai paratroop training by the Royal Air Force at RAF Sembawang in Singapore 07:The practice of controlling the chute while floating in the air. -Signature

Background imageParatroop Collection: Thai paratroop trainees waiting for the green light

Thai paratroop trainees waiting for the green light
Thai paratroop training by the Royal Air Force at RAF Sembawang in Singapore 05:Red light! Waiting for the green light to be signal for jump. (Red on - waiting for the Green light) Date: 1955

Background imageParatroop Collection: Thai paratrooper practising exiting the jump-ship

Thai paratrooper practising exiting the jump-ship
Thai paratroop training by the Royal Air Force at RAF Sembawang in Singapore 06:The training jumped out from the aeroplane door. (Training for exiting the aircraft.) Date: 1955

Background imageParatroop Collection: Thai paratroop trainees seated in the jump-ship

Thai paratroop trainees seated in the jump-ship
Thai paratroop training by the Royal Air Force at RAF Sembawang in Singapore 03:Take a seat in the_Valetta_ aeroplane. (Seated in the Valetta) Date: 1955

Background imageParatroop Collection: Thai paratroop trainees preparing to jump

Thai paratroop trainees preparing to jump
Thai paratroop training by the Royal Air Force at RAF Sembawang in Singapore 04:On the mark! Action -Station -Signature- (Action stations - preparing to jump from the Valetta) Date: 1955

Background imageParatroop Collection: Thai paratroop trainees boarding the jump-ship

Thai paratroop trainees boarding the jump-ship
Thai paratroop training by the Royal Air Force at RAF Sembawang in Singapore 02: Walk in a line to take off the_Valetta_ aeroplane. (Lining up to board the Valetta, for a jump.) Date: 1955

Background imageParatroop Collection: Thai paratroopers fitting parachutes

Thai paratroopers fitting parachutes
Thai paratroop training by the Royal Air Force at RAF Sembawang in Singapore 01:My dress with parachute is X Type. (Fitting the X- Type parachute) Date: 1955

Background imageParatroop Collection: Royal Air Force Armstrong Whitworth A. W. 38 Whitley Mk. III

Royal Air Force Armstrong Whitworth A. W. 38 Whitley Mk. III
Royal Air Force Armstrong Whitworth A.W.38 Whitley Mk.III. The Tiger engined Mk.III was no longer used operationally by September 1941

Background imageParatroop Collection: Avro York C. 1 LV639

Avro York C. 1 LV639
Avro York C.1 LV639, the fourth prototype York, used for paratroop dropping trials from a hatch in the belly, but was found unsuitable due to slipstream effects. Date: circa 1943

Background imageParatroop Collection: Mexican officers visit paratroop display

Mexican officers visit paratroop display
Photograph: Mexican officers visit paratroop display. Major General Gustav Salinas commander of the Mexican Air Force and Captain Radames Gaxiela paid a visit to an airfield in the Eastern Command to

Background imageParatroop Collection: Four British Paratroop officers setting watches

Four British Paratroop officers setting watches
Photograph, 6th Jun 1944: four British Paratroop officers setting watches before taking-off just before dawn. Associated with D Day, World War Two, North West Europe (1944-1945)

Background imageParatroop Collection: Armstrong Whitworth AW 38 Whitley V -withdrawn from fro

Armstrong Whitworth AW 38 Whitley V -withdrawn from front-line service in late 1942, the Whitley continued to serve as a transport, submarine hunter and paratroop trainer


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