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An unidentified paratrooper (right) of the 1st Canadian Parachute Battalion, who wears a Sorbo helmet and an "X" Type parachute, receives advice from a British instructor before jumping from a static balloon at the Royal Air Force Parachute Training School in Ringway, Cheshire, England in October 1943.

Black and white photograph. Two men in military uniforms and parachutes lean on a rail, laughing. — (Sgt. Elmer R. Bonter, Canadian Dept. of National Defence, Library and Archives Canada MIKAN No. 3302122.)

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