File:WW2 in Norway Special Operations Executive SOE white parachute (fallskjerm) used by allied agents in camouflage coverall. Armed Forces Museum (Forsvarsmuseet) Oslo 2020-02-25 3183.jpg

From Wikimedia Commons, the free media repository
Jump to navigation Jump to search

Original file ‎(4,874 × 3,249 pixels, file size: 2.7 MB, MIME type: image/jpeg)

Captions

Captions

Add a one-line explanation of what this file represents

Summary[edit]

Description
English: Parachute used by the Special Operations Executive (SOE), a British World War II organisation conducting espionage, sabotage and reconnaissance in occupied Europe and Southeast Asia against the Axis powers, and to aid local resistance movements.

Photo taken on February 25th, 2020 at the Armed Forces Museum of Norway (Forsvarsmuseet) in Oslo, Norway.

The museum's description of the exhibited items:

Allied agents that were parachuted into German occupied territory during World War II were issued with a set of special coveralls. This jump suit was worn over the agent's clothes and it was supposed to be buried together with the parachute after the completion of the jump. The jump suit had a generous fit so that several layers of clothing could be worn underneath. The agent would then be able to advance towards the intended target disguised in civilian clothes or a German uniform.
The jump suit had several internal and external purpose-built pockets. The idea was that you should carry everything you needed in your suit. The suit was manufactured in a camouflage version and a white version. As far as we know, the white version shown here was only used in operations in German occupied Norway.
Norsk bokmål: Fallskjerm brukt av allierte agenter fra Special Operations Executive (SOE) på hemmelig oppdrag i tyskokkuperte områder i Europa under andre verdenskrig. Fallskjermdrakta er romslig nok til at agenten kunne ha på sivile klær under, eller være utkledd i tysk uniform, og har lommer for medbrakt utstyr. Den hvite kamuflasjevarianten skal bare ha vært i bruk i Norge. Foto fra Forsvarsmuseet på Akershus festningsområde i Oslo 25. februar 2020.
Date
Source Own work
Author Wolfmann

Licensing[edit]

I, the copyright holder of this work, hereby publish it under the following license:
w:en:Creative Commons
attribution share alike
This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International license.
You are free:
  • to share – to copy, distribute and transmit the work
  • to remix – to adapt the work
Under the following conditions:
  • attribution – You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use.
  • share alike – If you remix, transform, or build upon the material, you must distribute your contributions under the same or compatible license as the original.

File history

Click on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time.

Date/TimeThumbnailDimensionsUserComment
current08:38, 23 April 2020Thumbnail for version as of 08:38, 23 April 20204,874 × 3,249 (2.7 MB)Wolfmann (talk | contribs)Uploaded own work with UploadWizard

You cannot overwrite this file.

Metadata

This file contains additional information such as Exif metadata which may have been added by the digital camera, scanner, or software program used to create or digitize it. If the file has been modified from its original state, some details such as the timestamp may not fully reflect those of the original file. The timestamp is only as accurate as the clock in the camera, and it may be completely wrong.

Retrieved from "https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=File:WW2_in_Norway_Special_Operations_Executive_SOE_white_parachute_(fallskjerm)_used_by_allied_agents_in_camouflage_coverall._Armed_Forces_Museum_(Forsvarsmuseet)_Oslo_2020-02-25_3183.jpg&oldid=659674400"