RAAF BASE RICHMOND, NSW 1946-01-14. NO. 1 AUSTRALIAN PARACHUTE TRAINING CENTRE. 4030 SERGEANT G. ...

Place Oceania: Australia, New South Wales, Sydney, Richmond
Accession Number 124779
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white
Physical description Black & white
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

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Description

RAAF BASE RICHMOND, NSW 1946-01-14. NO. 1 AUSTRALIAN PARACHUTE TRAINING CENTRE. 4030 SERGEANT G. W. PENROSE, RAAF, FOLDING THE CANOPY OF AN "X" TYPE ENGLISH TWENTY EIGHT FOOT NYLON STATICHUTE. THIS TYPE IS USED EXTENSIVELY BY ALLIED PARATROOPERS. SERGEANT PENROSE WAS THE FIRST PACKER TO OPERATE WITH THE UNIT AND REMAINED UNTIL ITS DISBANDMENT IN 1945-12. (PHOTOGRAPHER L. CPL E. MCQUILLAN)