Parachute Collection

Poet Pam Ayres fully expected to perform her first jump today at RAF Weston-on-the-Green, where she is learning to parachute with the RAF Sport Parachute Association

The new cap badge of the Parachute Regiment. May 1943

British Parachute Squadron (actual regiment unknown) training group. Picture taken 2nd March 1942

Parachute packers of the W. R. N. S. testing a parachute at a British Naval Air Station
Parachute packers of the W.R.N.S. testing a parachute at a British Naval Air Station. November 1943

Parachute drops during the Turkish invasion of Cyprus. 22nd July 1974

Tory member of Parliament Jack Aspinwall received attention from a soldier after he suffered a crushed vertebra during the Charity Parachute jump

Front of building decorated with pictures of animals, New York, USA, June 1984

Fleet Air Arm parachute packers seen here testing a parachute at an un-named Royal Naval Air Station. Circa August 1943

Paratroop Training at RAF Ringway, Manchester. England. Paratroopers checking each others harnesses and packs RAF Ringway was a Royal Air Force station in Ringway, Cheshire, England, near Manchester

British paratroopers in the Middle East. (Picture) The Paratroopers follow each other through the door at extremely short intervals. A number of them in various stages of falling. 7th June 1943

The Allied invasion of southern France during the Second World War. Parachutes fill the sky over the coast of Southern France after Douglas C-47 Skytrain carriers of the United States Army 12th Air

The corporal inspecting the parachute equipment of British parachutists before they enter the bomber for practice at a training centre. Liverpool, Merseyside. Picture taken 24th October 1941

Parachutists inside the bomber plane awaiting the call to jump. Training picture. Liverpool, Merseyside. Picture taken 24th October 1941

Parachutists practicing with their chutes. Liverpool, Merseyside. Picture taken 24th October 1941

Parachutists before they enter the bomber for practice at a training centre. Liverpool, Merseyside. Picture taken 24th October 1941

Parachutists practicing with their chutes. Helping each other. Liverpool, Merseyside. Picture taken 24th October 1941

British parachute troops on the ground with their chutes during Second World War. Circa 1940s

British and Indian Parachute troops undergoing an intensive training course. Pictured, RAF jumping instructor makes a final adjustment to the fitting of the parachute before troops enter their

Women flight mechanics are working for the R. A. F. in Flying training Command
Women flight mechanics are working for the R.A.F. in Flying training Command. Each aircraft is inspected every 24 hours and thoroughly overhauled after it has flown a stipulated time

This photograph was taken out of the cameras found on German parachute troops taken prisoner in Holland and in this country. Pictured, German parachutists machine-gun post in Holland. Circa 1940

British paratroops in a training exercise. November 1942

Paratroopers in training. Picture taken 24th October 1941

Paratroop Training in Manchester. England. World War Two. The regiment on parade. The company are from RAF Ringway. RAF Ringway was a Royal Air Force station in Ringway, Cheshire, England

Polish paratroopers train in Scotland. Polish forces has joined up with the RAF in Scotland. Picture taken 23rd March 1942

Polish paratroopers in training in the United Kingdom. Picture taken 1st October 1941

Paratroop jump in the Middle East during Second World War. 7th June 1943

A flight of B24 Liberators swoops in low over the Dutch countryside to drop supplies to the parachutists waiting below. The ground is dotted with collapsed chutes

Remarkable picture of parachute flairs dropped in London area tonight. 25th March 1941

The nine (9) strong Womens Pilot Section - The Air Transport Auxilliary, who will fly new aircraft from the factories to the aerodromes pictured beside a RAF de Havilland Tiger moth The Air Transport

The Battle of Arnhem. British Troops fill a C46 transport plane to land with the first allied airborne army on enemy held Holland

Mr A L Harris, an English professional parachute-jumper, dropping before the opening of the parachute at Heston Airport where he demonstrated the Irvin air chute. January 1934

Garden party at Woodley Aerodrome. Parachute descent. Reading, Berkshire. 23rd September 1932

Miss A. Maloney a worker at a Ministry of Aircraft Production factory, is shown how to handle a parachute by Private Williamson W

Private Williamson W. of the 1st parachute Brigade of RAF Belton Park near Grantham, Lincolnshire, from Boldon Colliery, County Durham

A pilot of 75 Squadron, RAF Driffield seen here walking back to the crew room as a Vickers Virginia bomber approaches the airfield. 1st March 1937

Farnborough Air Show 1956 Fairey Delta 2 jet fighter using the parachute for braking. 3rd September 1956

The Turkish invasion of Cyprus. Following the successful Greek coup, which saw the overthrow of President Makarios of Cyprus, Turkey has launched an invasion of the Mediterranean holiday isle

One of the free-fall parachutes arrives safety - and on target- on Skelton Carnival field, during the Stockton and Brotton Carnival at the weekend. 28th June 1984

The British Steel Gala. Tandem flying for the Yorkshire Stallions free fall parachute team. 2nd July 1994

Picture taken from an RAF photographic reconnaissance Spitfire plane of the scene in Holland / Netherlands when the first Allied Airborne army carried out its great operation, September 1944

Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald seen here climbing aboard a Fairey 3F aircraft of number 24 Squadron. The Prime Minister had been attending the Imperial Air Conference at Croydon

Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald seen here climbing aboard a Fairey 3F aircraft of number 24 Squadron. The Prime Minister had been attending the Imperial Air Conference at Croydon

Prince Andrew back to earth after his leap April 1978

British Paratroops Army Soldiers August 1952 An officer tightens a chute for a member of the Parachute regiment

Heavy equipment drop rehearsal April 1967 Regiment at Aldershot barracks Handley Page Hastings British Troops Army The Paras The Red Devils

One Millionth jump by Paratrooper May 1969 Parachute Regiment Private Norman Blunn 18 of Stockton on Tees smiles after making the one millionth parachute jump at the RAFs No1 Parachute Training

British Paratrooperss Army Soldiers WW2 1939-1945 Parachute regiment coming down from the plane The model of plane is a Whitley

Newcastle student Andrew Abbess won the British National Parachuting Championships in June 1989. Andrew, a sport studies undergraduate

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