1942-1944 shoulder title as worn in Canada and overseas. The 1 Canadian Parachute Battalion issued their "1 Canadian Parachute Battalion" shoulder titles before D-Day June 1944.
The British airborne formation patch for 1 Airborne Division and 6 Airborne Division. This was also worn by Canadians with 1 Canadian Parachute Battalion. It depicts the first "airborne warrior" - Bellerophon riding the flying horse Pegasus. This symbol was also used as a formation sign on their vehicles.
C47 Dakota and parachutist. No this is not a war-time photo. I took it at the Abbotsford Air Show in 1991 and the jumper is a sport parachutist. It does illustrate however a typical war time scene however where the brave British, Canadian and American, and other nationality aircrews would hold their course, in spite of heavy enemy anti-aircraft fire, and even if their aircraft was on fire, so as to give their passenger parachutists time to jump.
Canadian parachutists - The Canadian, Canadian-USA or British Units in which they served.
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