A TRAINING EXERCISE FOR PARATROOPERS.—Dropping by parachute with a kitbag is part of the training for Britain’s volunteer paratroopers. This photograph, taken from a height of 700ft, shows two parachutists in the air and two more leaving the Hastings bomber The men are trained at the Royal Air Force Parachute School at Abingdon, Berkshire.
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Press, Volume LXXXVII, Issue 26515, 1 September 1951, Page 8
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54A TRAINING EXERCISE FOR PARATROOPERS.—Dropping by parachute with a kitbag is part of the training for Britain’s volunteer paratroopers. This photograph, taken from a height of 700ft, shows two parachutists in the air and two more leaving the Hastings bomber The men are trained at the Royal Air Force Parachute School at Abingdon, Berkshire. Press, Volume LXXXVII, Issue 26515, 1 September 1951, Page 8
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