Title

Airman using a parachute during the Second World War,1941

Caption

Airman using a parachute during the Second World War, 1941. 'The "free" parachute type is standardised in the R.A.F., and with it parachutist jumps with the pack attached.' From "The Royal Air Force in Pictures", 2nd edition, by World War I flying ace Major Oliver Stewart. [Country Life Ltd, London, 1941]

Date

1941

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector/Charles Brown

Reference

HRM19F23_459

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

69,1Mb (1,6Mb) / 14,5in x 18,6in / 4336 x 5567 (300dpi)

Keywords

transport transportation people male man men parachuting parachutist parachute guy British war royal air force Armed Forces century Britain concept B&W 1940s MONOCHROME Army warfare Air Force Forties aviator World War II World War two WWII Airman black & white black and white B W world war 2 20th century The Print Collector decade RAF Second World War WW2 airmen photograph 2nd World War Stewart Charles E Brown Charles Brown Brown Charles E Brown Charles Oliver Oliver Stewart Major Oliver Stewart Charles E. Brown Brown Charles E. photograph