Nice period photos (all jackets except A-2's)

[mulceber]

Lord - gimme a time-machine and a 40ton truck i get the stuff loaded and bring it to 2024 = i get rich and all famous large-scale collectors currently known would scratch their back at my leg to get just a small glimpse of those gems ...

We call that the Jorge business model.

 

[CharlieC]

Respect to your father. 101 Squadron has a fascinating operational history.

I work in a high school and it never ceases to amaze me that my dad, and many others, were a similar age to the senior pupils in my school. How they managed to cope I will never know.

 

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[ZuZu]

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Peanut

 

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Capt. Futida or Fuchida , when the war was about to end.

 

[Pilot]

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He shot several bullets in both of his knees and the first salvo was when he sacked the General Chief of All French Armed Forces .A man loved by all of his women and men in the French military and a vet!… and then came this clown!… no politics… back to vintage jackets… more interesting than using energy discussing this buffoon.

 

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[B-Man2]

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Dinner ??

 

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Gen. Stilwell visiting battle wounded Chinese soldiers in July 1944, he promised them, they would receive their job training and other benefits, before decommissioned from the army.

 

[Dumpster D]

Took awhile to search for this file in my folders, don't see it anywhere else online, love this photo, not sure, it might have been a post card from the Aleutians.

 

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US garrison troops , Iceland.

 

[B-Man2]

US garrison troops , Iceland.

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This is probably “ The Blue Lagoon” a thermogenic heated body of water near Reykjavik Iceland

 

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This is probably “ The Blue Lagoon” a thermogenic heated body of water near Reykjavik Iceland

Thank you Burt.

 

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Col. Han and his wife. Col was a regiment commander in 88th, one of the divisions trained by German advisers.
In Dec 1937, he was killed in action with his men , at defense position outside NanKing. His wife committed suicide after known his death.

 

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1937, British garrison troops at Shanghai.
This pic was taken at Avenues Joffre . There were four British battalions at Shanghai during the period.

 

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Fourth Marine at Shanghai, 1937.

 

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Life magazine, May 1942

 

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