Kammala jumla mai zuwa: An kafa Parachute Regiment a ranar 22 ga Yuni, 1940 a lokacin Yaƙin Duniya na Biyu kuma daga ƙarshe ya tara bataliya 17. A Turai, wadannan bataliya sun kasance wani ɓangare na 1st Airborne Division, 6th Airborne Division da kuma 2nd Independent Parachute Brigade Group. Sauran bataliya uku sun yi aiki tare da Sojojin Indiyawan Indiya a Indiya da Burma. Rundunar ta shiga cikin manyan ayyukan kai hari na parachute guda shida a Arewacin Afirka, Italiya, Girka, Faransa, Netherlands da
Jamus, sau da yawa sauka a gaban dukan sauran sojojin.