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

[flyincowboy]

monkey helping his fiend on warhawk maintenance

 

[Kermit3D]

 

[Kermit3D]

Georges Guingouin : He played a leading role in the Resistance, leading the maquis in the Limousin mountains under the name "Raoul". His comrades nicknamed him "lou Grand" or the "Prefect of the Maquis", while De Gaulle defined him as "one of the most beautiful figures of the Resistance" and made him a Companion of the Liberation, one of the few communists in this case (twelve out of 1,053 recipients).

Here he is wearing a cyclist jacket (Hartmann jacket) like many resistants.

 

[B-Man2]

Georges Guingouin : He played a leading role in the Resistance, leading the maquis in the Limousin mountains under the name "Raoul". His comrades nicknamed him "lou Grand" or the "Prefect of the Maquis", while De Gaulle defined him as "one of the most beautiful figures of the Resistance" and made him a Companion of the Liberation, one of the few communists in this case (twelve out of 1,053 recipients).

Here he is wearing a cyclist jacket (Hartmann jacket) like many resistants.

I’m just starting to realize how popular the cyclist jacket became in Europe during the war. You saw them in France, Spain, Germany.
Belgium , and a few other places . I think I’m starting to gain a better appreciation for them now that I’ve realized that they weren’t just a “Hartmann” jacket .

 

[Brettafett]

monkey helping his fiend on warhawk maintenance
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Id be real distracted flying my Warhawk in combat knowing a monkey helped service it.

 

[Enigma1938]

monkey helping his fiend on warhawk maintenance
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That P40 looks damn well used...

 

[Kermit3D]

I’m just starting to realize how popular the cyclist jacket became in Europe during the war. You saw them in France, Spain, Germany.
Belgium , and a few other places . I think I’m starting to gain a better appreciation for them now that I’ve realized that they weren’t just a “Hartmann” jacket .

It is above all a civilian jacket.
Still a bit of French resistance :

 

[ES335]

That P40 looks damn well used...

Yes, it sure does. Coating technology has come a long way. Aircraft of that era might fly for a few years, or have an operational lifespan of a few hours. So yeah, spray 'em up and get 'em out the door. It's a weapon. No time for niceties like clean airplanes in frontline service...

 

[B-Man2]

It is above all a civilian jacket.
Still a bit of French resistance :

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Damn Kermit …..
They must have gotten a great deal on all of those jackets !

 

[Kermit3D]

The cook of a Short Sunderland flying boat patrol bomber from Royal Air Force Coastal Command prepares a chicken for cooking in the on-board oven for the crew's Christmas dinner before a patrol from their base in England during World War II, 9th December 1940.

 

[Kermit3D]

 

[flyincowboy]

the famous bomber gas station featuring " lady lacey"

B17 G

 

[flyincowboy]

A

irmen in the cold GOOSE BAY

 

[flyincowboy]

B3 Time Goose bay

 

[flyincowboy]

Some will recognise this famous patch

 

[flyincowboy]

GOOSE BAY

 

[Kermit3D]

Rare photo of a B-6 Arnoff (strap instead of zipper on the sides)

 

[ausreenactor]

monkey helping his fiend on warhawk maintenance
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This is problematic. They have taught monkeys to pilot an aircraft; however, they don't have the intelligence to repair them.

 

[ausreenactor]

Damn Kermit …..
They must have gotten a great deal on all of those jackets !

The French makers would have had a lot of stock and fewer customers shortly after D -Day. Change the label from 'Collaborator' to 'Liberator' and voilá.

 

[flyincowboy]

So you mean COLIBERATOR? sound nice!