Ah, the beautiful Grumman 'Panther'! The combat scenes were pretty good, predating CGI. The nice formation flying was almost like a 'Blue Angels' demonstration flight. Good co-op with the USN.
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Ah, the beautiful Grumman 'Panther'! The combat scenes were pretty good, predating CGI. The nice formation flying was almost like a 'Blue Angels' demonstration flight. Good co-op with the USN.
And here is a follow up............to a follow up (from post 16,336).
https://www.cbc.ca/radio/asithappen...avilland-mosquito-from-the-shepherd-1.4950854
Make sure you listen to the audio portion Mr. Stewart certainly comes through as one of the finest from the greatest generation and it would be a honour to shake his hand if given a chance.
I would not want to be a groundpounder and have the Skyraiders on my ass! What I liked about the movie is that the heros died, instead of the usual Hollywood happy ending. Good men die in war.
Another great find!!! Hard to believe George will be 95 yrs. young in a few.
Couple more pics of the Mossie with some text from him.
My F.I.L Germany spring 1945. I never noticed the skull and crossbones on his beret. He was in S.I.S. Was this a military Police issued holster? What is the firearm...I'm not an expert?
With his german shepherd "Hasso".
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His cap badge is ‘17/21st Lancers’ a British Armoured Regiment ... the elevated holster is also pretty typical for officers and NCO’s in armoured regiments.
But there is nothing there that I can see that would identify him as a military police or intelligence. Don’t know what S.I.S. - C.O.F. means though - how ever it is interesting that his unit
ended up in Austria at the end of the war - there were 4 occupying powers (maybe COF means combined occupation force ?) anyway - Austria ended up with Soviets remaining as an one of the occupying forces until 1955.
and the country and it’s capital Vienna had its share of intrigue - think of the ‘third man’ with ‘Harry Lime’
My F.I.L Germany spring 1945. I never noticed the skull and crossbones on his beret. He was in S.I.S. Was this a military Police issued holster? What is the firearm...I'm not an expert?
With his german shepherd "Hasso".
His cap badge is ‘17/21st Lancers’ a British Armoured Regiment ... the elevated holster is also pretty typical for officers and NCO’s in armoured regiments.
But there is nothing there that I can see that would identify him as a military police or intelligence. Don’t know what S.I.S. - C.O.F. means though - how ever it is interesting that his unit
ended up in Austria at the end of the war - there were 4 occupying powers (maybe COF means combined occupation force ?) anyway - Austria ended up with Soviets remaining as an one of the occupying forces until 1955.
and the country and it’s capital Vienna had its share of intrigue - think of the ‘third man’ with ‘Harry Lime’
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Being in an Armored div of that era suggest that it could be/probably is an Enfield #2 with the bobbed hammer spur chambered in .38-200. The "full-coverage" holsters (to protect the wood grip panels from steel hatch entry damage) issued to the tankers were a bone of contention to the boys that had to use them I have read.
What the hell is going on in that photo.....
Has some errant Soviet gardener been caught by the Finns performing unauthorized lawn care at the Mannerheim line?
Are they Finns and a Russian at all, as it's tough to see any ranks or other insignia on the uniforms?
Has some errant Soviet gardener been caught by the Finns performing unauthorized lawn care at the Mannerheim line?
Are they Finns and a Russian at all, as it's tough to see any ranks or other insignia on the uniforms?
That pistol is obviously a semiauto. From the cartridges in the loops, maybe 380acp or 9mm. Very straight butt and appears to have an internal hammer.
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A couple of other things that are unusual about the photo series with the 17/21st Lancers Sgt ... It is VERY 'unusual' to see a serviceman, in uniform, apparently smoking, while wearing his head dress/beret (even in a British Armd Unit!) . Even more so when it is a Sr. NCO .. it is also unusual for a member wearing a holster shoulder strap not to run it under his epaulet - particularly when driving ... and the sign appears to be propped on the wall rather than securely attached as one might expect.
But there were quite a few apparently 'serving' members gathering intel .. at least I know the Brits routinely employed this approach.
an interesting link about immediate post war Austria -- where I believe the 17/21st served during that period
https://wwiiafterwwii.wordpress.com/2015/06/14/rearming-austria-wwii-weapons/
those are very interesting pics
But there were quite a few apparently 'serving' members gathering intel .. at least I know the Brits routinely employed this approach.
an interesting link about immediate post war Austria -- where I believe the 17/21st served during that period
https://wwiiafterwwii.wordpress.com/2015/06/14/rearming-austria-wwii-weapons/
those are very interesting pics
The pistol looks like an Ortgies.
Deutsches Werke - Ortgies:
.... or any of a number of European semi-autos.
