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title: Airborne Forces
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/uk-airborne-forces-games-1942/
description: A stylised painting shows a helmeted paratrooper with a Sten gun, with parachutists descending over fields and aircraft in the sky.
section: Collection
---

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# Airborne Forces

A stylised painting shows a helmeted paratrooper with a Sten gun, with parachutists descending over fields and aircraft in the sky. The Pegasus emblem and heroic figure carry the unit's prestige onto the call for transfers (the transfer tell); the small print gives the extra daily pay.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

[Transfer](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/transfer/)

## Text on the object

Original (English) · read from the image, not independently checked

```
AIRBORNE FORCES

THE AIRBORNE FORCES OF THE BRITISH ARMY CONSIST OF PARACHUTE TROOPS AND GLIDER-BORNE TROOPS OF ALL ARMS OF THE SERVICE.

Officers and men in any Regiment or Corps (except R.A.C.), who are medically fit, may apply for transfer to a parachute or glider-borne unit of the Airborne Forces.
Additional pay is granted to the Airborne Forces at the rate of 2/- per day for parachute troops, and 1/- per day for glider-borne troops.
A limited number of officers and other ranks are urgently required for training as glider-pilots.
Applications for transfer or further information should be made to unit headquarters. Conditions of service are laid down in the following A.C.Is.—1677 of 1941, 275 & 490 of 1942.

[signature:] A. GAMES
Printed for H.M. Stationery Office by Henry Hildesley Ltd. London. 51/2892
```

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