Because of a lack of equipment training facilities in mid-1940, when the British airborne establishment was formed, the War Office was able to accept only 500 volunteers for training as airborne troops.
因為缺乏足夠的装备訓練设施，當英國空降部隊于1940年年中成立時，陸軍部只能為500名志願者提供空降部队的訓練。