Training Paratroops: Volunteer Shock Troops Of Britains Airborne Forces. Night drooping. Remarkable flashlight picture A paratroop making a night descent. Parachute troops constitute a powerful surprise factor and are usually employed in conjunction with airborne or mechanised troops in the main ground ***** or in rear of the enemy lines. They are aimed for their specific task with weapons and equipment dropped on their landing area. Paratroops training by R.A.F. instructors of Army Co-operation Command, a highly specialised undertaking is done first synthetic ground apparatus and later from static balloons and 'planes. March 08, 1943. (Photo by British Official Photograph).