British aviation

In this pics of 1944, show a Napier Sabre engine is mounted on a truck for display purposes, featuring signs that read "2,400 Horsepower!! The power behind the Typhoon & Tempest fighters" and "The most powerful aero engine in service in the world."
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A parachute (maybe Polish?) demonstrates the exit point from the tail of a Armstrong Whitworth Whitley bomber converted for parachute drops at RAF Ringway, Cheshire, Eng. in Jan 1941. The rear turret of the Whitley was removed to create an exit platform, but this method of jumping proved laborious. The introduction of a circular hole cut into the floor of the fuselage allowed a 'stick' of ten men to jump in rapid succession.
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