Random Cool Photo Thread

[Pa12]

This is the helmet he wore on September 1st, 1939:

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I actually know a jurgison family here in Canada. He’s an airline pilot and competition aerobatic pilot. His dad was a fighter pilot during the war. You should see his man cave. Amazing.

 

[Pilot]

This is the helmet he wore on September 1st, 1939:

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Obj: Oberjäger in 1939 ( Feldwebel on the photo ) hence he must have been in the first NCO rank ( Oberjäger) either with the Gebirgsjäger ( mountain troops) or a Panzerjäger. ( Tank-killer infantry).
I believe the second since no Edelweiss on his arms…

 

[B-Man2]

This is the helmet he wore on September 1st, 1939:

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Ties
I remember you telling me about this story. It’s amazing that he lived with that kind of a wound !

 

[Smithy]

Stalingrad

I had no real understanding of the immense toll Stalingrad had on people and families until I met a couple who became great friends of ours. Both are originally from East Berlin but had moved to NZ. Fabian had lost 3 family members from his grandfather's generation (including both of his grandfathers) and Eike had lost 3 from that generation at Stalingrad.

 

[Smithy]

Pinched these from the IWM but they'll never catch me

45 Sqn, RFC at Istrana, Italy. Second one is of Lieutenant Henry Moody and Second Lieutenant Raymond Brownell MC MM and is a great image of first pattern Sidcots (Pattern 9686 from the War Office)...

 

[Pa12]

I actually know a jurgison family here in Canada. He’s an airline pilot and competition aerobatic pilot. His dad was a fighter pilot during the war. You should see his man cave. Amazing.

Pinched these from the IWM but they'll never catch me

45 Sqn, RFC at Istrana, Italy. Second one is of Lieutenant Henry Moody and Second Lieutenant Raymond Brownell MC MM and is a great image of first pattern Sidcots (Pattern 9686 from the War Office)...

I’ll bet those flight suits are incredibly warm.

 

[Smithy]

I’ll bet those flight suits are incredibly warm.

Yup incredibly effective and the reason why eventually Air Ministry Order 235 in May 1918 stipulated that aircrews on foreign operational service be equipped with them and not leather outer clothing.

 

[Pa12]

Yup incredibly effective and the reason why eventually Air Ministry Order 235 in May 1918 stipulated that aircrews on foreign operational service be equipped with them and not leather outer clothing.

Make a great outfit for snow blowing

 

[Smithy]

Make a great outfit for snow blowing

There's crowds that make repros of the later pattern Sidcots as seen in WWII, so there's always that option when the Canadian winter blows hard.

Like here in Arctic Norway I imagine you have one of those modern versions, an insulated onesie-worksuit thingies.

Sadly to my knowledge no-one makes a repro of the WWI first pattern Sidcot which I have read and been told firsthand was warmer and better quality.

 

[Pa12]

There's crowds that make repros of the later pattern Sidcots as seen in WWII, so there's always that option when the Canadian winter blows hard.

Like here in Arctic Norway I imagine you have one of those modern versions, an insulated onesie-worksuit thingies.

Sadly to my knowledge no-one makes a repro of the WWI first pattern Sidcot which I have read and been told firsthand was warmer and better quality.

Oh yes. Nothing beats the insulated onsie when it gets really cold .

 

[Smithy]

I should mention that in that first photo above of 45 Sqn, the fellows in the short leather coats are a couple of Italian pilots who've turned up for a chat.