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![[RAF Yacht Club]](../images/g/gb^para1.jpg)
image provided by Steve Trebs, 14 March 2012
![[RAF Yacht Club]](../images/g/gb^para2.jpg)
image provided by Steve Trebs, 14 March 2012
These are both British, souvenir-type flags related to the Parachute
Regiment. The top one depicts Bellerophon mounted on Pegasus, and the design was
used as the 'flash' (arm patch insignia) by all Airborne troops from the Second
World War until 1999 -
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/402130.stm. The lower one is similar to a flag
sold by the Parachute Regiment for the use of veterans or soldiers' families:
https://www.airbornepri.com/parachute-regiment-flag.
Ian Sumner,
15 March 2012
![[RAF Yacht Club]](../images/g/gb^para.jpg)
image provided by Peter Edwards, 25 January 2019
Flag: Rectangle circa 42x29 inches (web photo image). Union flag variant
charged with the cap badge of the Parachute Regiment. "Image is printed on one
side, and is visible on the other side (inverted)."
Source: accessed 25
January 2019,
https://www.airborneshop.com/gifts/flags/union-jack-parachute-regiment-flag
Peter Edwards, 25 January 2019