Wartime Photos     of the Parachute Regiment
These photos are all from a collection at Corbis.com, a website graphics library whose images are free for non-commercial users. They have an extensive collection of wartime photos, many of which are likely to be new even to those who have studied the history. The text accompanying these pictures came with them, we make no claim to their accuracy. - Click on any photo to see the full size version. -
Glider Pilot Trainees with a Hotspur Glider.	A photo which claims to show parachute training in 1935.
Survivors of Arnhem turn in their weapons in Nijmegen.	A picture from 1941 showing training between parachutists and the regular army (Note 'dead' para on balcony).
Parachutists preparing for a training jump.	Parachutist with a carrier pigeon, 1941.
Another color photo of a trainee Glider Pilot with his Hotspur.	Training at No.1 PTS.
The nitrate plant in Rjuka, Norway, used by the Germans for their heavy water project. This was the objective of a para detachment massacred by the Gestapo. This site was later put out of commission by the Norwegian Resistance.	Parachutists hooking up static lines.