8.4K views · 390 reactions | Become a member and create a profile on ParaData for free then you can:- - record your service and tell your own story - add photographs and documents - add memories and comments about others - identify unknown faces so your comrades are not forgotten. www.paradata.org.uk or email, enquiries@paradata.org.uk Our address: Airborne Assault, Building 213, IWM Duxford, Cambridge, CB22 4QR | The Parachute Regiment | Facebook

One year and one day before D-Day, the 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment conducted a massive training jump at Oujda Airport, Morocco. This exercise was a crucial step in preparing them for the airborne assault on Sicily just weeks later. The 505th would go on to see action in Sicily, Italy, Normandy, Holland, the Ardennes, and Germany. All the way! #Airborne #505PIR #82ndairborne | The History of the 82nd Airborne in World War II

9.2K views · 49 reactions | "It's literally jump, bang, crash." Former paratrooper John Bream jumped from 26m in order to claim the title of the world's lowest parachute jump. Read more: https://bbc.in/3tUy19R | BBC Hampshire & Isle of Wight | Facebook

60K views · 277 reactions | A large-scale commemorative parachute jump with 250 parachutists from RAF and Parachute Regiment took place in the Sannerville, Normandy region ahead of the 75th anniversary of D-Day. RELATED: https://globalnews.ca/news/5352844/french-civilians-remember-d-day/ | Global News | Facebook