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Old 18-01-18, 01:38 PM
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Originally Posted by Peter Brydon View Post
I purchased an Army Book 64 at the weekend to a RA TA soldier who had qualified for the Parachute Badge with wings.The seller was telling someone that the soldier had done his training in Hastings ( see photo 3 ) but I was not aware of any parachute training being done in that location and then it occurred to me, the training was presumably done from a Hastings Aircraft ?

P.B.
As there were different methods of exiting the various aircraft, I would agree that 'Hastings Trained' means that the soldier has been trained on the parachute drills for the Hastings Aircraft.

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