1st Independent Polish Parachute Regiment – IWM 205194899

THE POLISH ARMY IN BRITAIN, 1940-1947 (H 18882) Clement Attlee visiting troops of the 1st Polish Independent Parachute Brigade at Cupar, 20 April 1942. Note their headwear – paratrooper’s training helmets also known as ‘bungee helmets’. Copyright: © IWM. Original Source: http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205194899

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1st Independent Polish Parachute Regiment – IWM 205402362

THE POLISH ARMY IN BRITAIN, 1940-1947 (HU 128274) Second Lieutenant of the 1st Polish Independent Parachute Brigade adjusting a bungee helmet (paratrooper’s training helmet) on Clement Attlee’s head during his visit to the Brigade. Cupar, 20 April 1942. Colonel Stanislaw Sosabowski, the Commander of the Brigade, is on the right. Copyright: © IWM. Original Source: http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205402362

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1st Independent Polish Parachute Regiment – IWM 205400243

THE POLISH ARMY IN BRITAIN, 1940-1947 (HU 128216) Polish and American press correspondents interviewing two Officer Cadets of the 1st Polish Independent Parachute Brigade after their completion of the parachute officer’s course at Elie, Scotland, 14 June 1943. Copyright: © IWM. Original Source: http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205400243

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1st Independent Polish Parachute Regiment – IWM 205395108

THE POLISH ARMY IN BRITAIN, 1940-1947 (HU 128106) The Regimental Day of the 1st Polish Independent Parachute Brigade, 23 September 1943. Captains of Polish and British teams with their prizes won during the Allied paratroopers’ competition in Leven. The Polish team received the first prize before the Norwegian and British teams. Copyright: © IWM. Original Source: http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205395108

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