| Paratrooper Company | |
|---|---|
 Members of the unit marching in Lima | |
| Active | 1939 – after 1941? |
| Country |  Peru |
| Branch | Aeronautical Corps of Peru[a] |
| Type | Light infantry Airborne infantry |
| Engagements | Ecuadorian–Peruvian War |
| Commander | Cpt. Augusto Duarte Colichón[2] 2nd Lt. Jesús Polar Valdivia[3] |
The Paratrooper Company (Spanish: Compañía de Paracaidistas) was the paratroop branch of the Aeronautical Corps of Peru. Formed in 1939, it saw combat during the Ecuadorian–Peruvian War, when it seized the Ecuadorian port city of Puerto Bolívar on 27 July 1941, marking the first time in the Americas that airborne troops were used in combat.[4]
- ^ "Fuerza Aérea del Perú se hizo presente en Gran Parada Cívico Militar por Fiestas Patrias". Andina (in Spanish). Lima. 29 July 2012. Retrieved 26 February 2022.
- ^ Julca-Núñez, Héctor (2017). Vencedores del 41: Campaña Militar Contra Ecuador (PDF) (in Spanish). Piura: University of Piura. pp. 61, 108–110. Retrieved 26 February 2022.
- ^ Nomberto, Víctor R. (8 August 2016). "Guerra de 1941". Pontifical Catholic University of Peru (in Spanish). Retrieved 26 February 2022.
- ^ "El CAP en la guerra con el Ecuador en 1941". Oocities.org (in Spanish). Retrieved 9 December 2012.
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