Relatives in Uniform pics

[ties70]

Hi Taikonaut,

When the picture was taken I was in the middle of boot camp...it was summer and we had plenty of time at the beaches

Nevertheless, you are right, I am more the darker type though my parents are both of partly Danish ancestry.
I 'm coming after my Dad, he had almost black hair before he turned white and he still gets a dark tan just from candle light...
The first name TIES is used almost nowhere except for northern Germany and Scandinavia....

As far as it concerns the archetypus of "The German" from the Third Reich we all know it's pseudo-scientific bulls**t... We are and have always been blonde, red, brown and black.

Regards,

Ties

 

[taikonaut]

Hi Ties,

Thanks for clearing this up. I have often been told pure Scandinavians or Aryians have almond shape eyes and dark pupils inherited from Eskimos. Also been told that was partly the reason why the Nazis thought the Tibetans was the ultimate master race. Very confusing.

 

[Chris217]

Here's a picture my 2nd cousin, Lt. Edwin Free, who flew Hellcats with the VF-31.

 

[Andrew]

Here's a picture my cousin, Lt. Edwin Free, who flew Hellcats with the VF-31.
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Now i'm getting connfused. Allen's got four Dads and Chris's Grandad was in the AAF and his cousin was in the Navy flying Hellcats?

Maybe it's the end of the week drinks again.

 

[Anonymous]

My Dad's the tall skinny guy on the right. A corporal in the USAAF- clerk-typist after flunking out of paratrooper school for fallen arches. He joined the Army at seventeen in 1945 and spent the war stateside- ending up at Hamilton Field. He basically lucked out although he was bitterly disappointed at the time that he couldn't go overseas.

 

[ties70]

Hi,

had the chance to check my two grandfathers photo albums yesterday and found some more stuff...

Here is my grand-grandfather from my Mum's side (He is the guy on the right.). Picture must have been taken around 1900...

Here is his son, my Grandpa who served in the Army. The first couple of pictures were taken before the war, when he was platoon sergeant for new recruits in the northern Germany city of Ratzeburg.

This is the unit insignia of the "Ratzeburger Jäger" aka Infanterie Regiment 90. Their motto was "Ohne Rücksicht auf Verluste!" which translates like "Regardless the consequences!".

Here is something really interesting: The winter gear of the russian campaign...Take a look at those thick boots and the shearling coats!! Grandpa is on the left.

Some more from the other side: My Grandpa from Dad's side during an official march in Berlin (He's far left.) and as a NCO for naval intelligence in Rome (sitting next to Lieutenant)...

Ties

 

[Anonymous]

Ties- those are very interesting photos- I've become very interested in the WW2 German military in the last ten years- I started reading books about the Eastern Front in WW2 mostly from an Allied (Soviet) point of view as I was very interested in the Red Army. The whole subject of the Eastern Front is one which few Americans understand...(not including forum members here) anyway... what one understands after gaining some idea of what went on is that the German Army was the best army of WW2 (followed closely by the late-war Red Army) and that WW2 was determined by battles at Moscow and Stalingrad and Operation Bagration. (and many other battles in The East-IMO it was airpower which was The West's main contribution) D-Day and the Bulge were small to medium sized battles compared to what went on in the East... Very interesting to see the individual unpublished photos of Germans in uniform and observe the professionalism evident.

 

[airfrogusmc]

WOW Ties great photos.

 

[T-Bolt]

Ties,

Those Russian Campaign heavy winter boots brought back some memories to me. When I was about 7 or 8 years old, my best friends dad had a pair of those that he brough back to the states as a souvenier after war was over. He also brought back a really nice Luger pistol.

Anyway, those heavy boots he brought home were leather, but mostly a very thick wool. They had circular leather disks attached to the soles for traction. Even though they were way to big for us, we wore these German winter boots outside playing Army until they were worn out. :cry:

I sure wish my friend would have taken care of them and then they would still be around to enjoy. :|


Ted

 

[Anonymous]

A Relative somewhere over occupied Europe.

 

[dujardin]

A Relative somewhere over occupied Europe.

not sure at 100% but i think it's Hacker :lol: :lol: :lol:

byeeeeeeeee marcel :twisted:

 

[hacker]

A Relative somewhere over occupied Europe.

not sure at 100% but i think it's Hacker :lol: :lol: :lol:

byeeeeeeeee marcel :twisted:

bombs away .......:lol: :lol: :lol:


Seymore Butts

 

[Anonymous]

Every B-26 hacker gets in, he leaves butt prints!

 

[chicken]

This is my dad:

My gf found it in an online archive (hence the watermark).

He kept his uniforms and stuff in a trunk for years. But just last year when I went to check, I found out my mom donated them to my old high school years ago. Doh!

 

[simmo]

Re: RAF crew pic

Sheepskins even?

Sheepskins are impossible to find. I sifted through 3 cartons, nothing, he must have froze ...

If Bill doesn't mind, here's mine ...

RAF Squadron 100 - Waltham, Grimsby
July 23 1944
2 days after being posted.
Father was the driver, standing to the left.

And here again, tidied up, in the centre ...

Hey Deeb...That old RAF base is just down the rd from me.Unfortunately theres not much left other than the overgrown runway and an old sign mentioning that it used to be an RAF base.

 

[deeb7]

Re: RAF crew pic

Hey Deeb...That old RAF base is just down the rd from me.Unfortunately theres not much left other than the overgrown runway and an old sign mentioning that it used to be an RAF base.

Thanks Simmo ...

that's a pity, but it would still be nice to visit. He kept a journal, and his time there sure makes interesting reading.

 

[Peter Graham]

Here's some of my relatives. The first pic is of my great grandfather, James Duncan, on the right, who fought in France with the 36th Ulster Division in WW1. I still have an Acme thunderer whistle and a beautiful prismatic compass that he brought back.

This is my great uncle, Harry Jackson and the destroyer HMS Wolverine which he served on in WW2. HMS Wolverine was credited with sinking the U47, the boat of Germanys top U boat ace Gunther Prien.

Another great uncle, Sidney Ellis. This is the only photo I have of him, cut from the Belfast Telegraph. I hope the caption is legible. He was killed at Arnhem in 1944 and is buried at the military cemetary in Oosterbeek, Holland.

And finally my dad in 1946, pictured with the Royal Ulster Rifles shooting team. Dad is second from right, sitting down. A year too late for WW2 he became a quartermaster Sargent before leaving the army to join the police.

 

[John Lever]

Here's my paternal grandfather, a despatch rider in France, 1917.

We had his gloves up to the 1970's, unfortunately my brother left them on the tube.

 

[Flightpath]

A Relative somewhere over occupied Europe.

not sure at 100% but i think it's Hacker :lol: :lol: :lol:

byeeeeeeeee marcel :twisted:

It's always nice flying with a full moon!

-John

 

[sealbeachbum]

Here's my dad. He was in the Army stationed in Hawaii when the Japanese attacked on December 7th 1941. He started as an enlisted man but received the Silver Star and a battle field commission to 2nd LT at the battle of Kwajalein.

Me and my dad on Memorial Day two years ago. He passed away last year. I sure do miss him.