6.9K views · 420 reactions | 12 Objects from the Airborne Assault Museum, Duxford, Cambridge. The Falklands War canvas medic bag, belonging to Mick Bates, 2 PARA. Museum curator, Jon Baker, explains the history of this remarkable object. Music - Bensound.com | The Parachute Regiment | Facebook

Service of Remembrance of Airborne Forces at The National Arboretum 18th June 2021. On the 22nd June 1940, Winston Churchill sent a letter to General Ismay requesting a corps of at least 5,,000 troops. He had been impressed by the successes of German parachute and glider-borne troops who had secured vital objectives ahead of the armoured 'Blitzkrieg' in Western Europe. Churchill's call galvanised present tentative plans. An experimental and training centre, the Central Landing School RAF, was se