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[AP]

Hard to tell. Is that '51 or '64 pattern attached to the belt? What are those red patches on the shoulders? Patches look like 1st Division, Canadian Guards. So late 1960's?

the shoulder flashes resemble RMR - some Reserve units got 106mm to train with and tasked with forming an AT det; Bush dress and puttees would place it as late as the early/mid '70's for a Reserve unit.

 

[Falconflyer]

It was scrap. What would it be worth now?

"You never lose money. You just sell at the wrong time."

The last flying example I saw for sale was over $7mm usd.... but this one is far from being in flying condition!

 

[pw58]

is that lightening sitting on top of a hill?

 

[diopter]

 

[Dark Alley Dan]

Gently, Engineer. Gently...

The profound wastefulness of war always amazes and horrifies me. I'm glad that, historically speaking, we're breaking the habit.

 

[Dark Alley Dan]

The last flying example I saw for sale was over $7mm usd.... but this one is far from being in flying condition!

I'm amazed what can be done. The FHC was, until they closed down, restoring a Stuka to flying status. That poor thing started as a pile of debris.

History of the Artifact
This Stuka, an R-4 version modified to fly long distances, was built in 1941 and was destined for North Africa before being diverted to the fighting in Russia. Serving with Lehrgeschwader (demonstration wing) 1 and then Sturzkampfgeschwader (dive bomber wing) 5, the plane operated in northwest Russia, near the border with Finland and Norway.

The aircraft was on a mission to bomb Murmansk in April of 1942 when it was attacked by Soviet fighters and crashed to the west of the city. The wreckage remained in the wilderness until the early 1990s, when it was acquired by a private collector and shipped to England. The rare plane was eventually obtained by the Deutsches Technikmuseum (German Museum of Technology) in Berlin in 1997.

The Flying Heritage & Combat Armor Museum began a restoration to flying condition on this rare and important aircraft in 2013. This is one of only three surviving Stukas left in the world.

Their FW190 was intact but had been parked in the trees outside for forty years. It flies. Their ME109 was under the sand in a beach on the French coast for 48 years. There's a Spit Mk. 1A (N3200) that crash-landed ona beach in France.

They rebuilt her from the ID plate out.

 

[Ganderite]

I saw a Stuka at the British air museum. Name escapes me. I wa surprised at how big it was.

 

[Magnum PI]

I saw a Stuka at the British air museum. Name escapes me. I wa surprised at how big it was.

Ganderite,

That Stuka is at Hendon in the Royal Air Force Museum. It is located in the building dedicated to the Battle of Britain. I was actually surprised at how small it was.

 

[Grizzly Adams]

Gently, Engineer. Gently...

The profound wastefulness of war always amazes and horrifies me. I'm glad that, historically speaking, we're breaking the habit.

Hard to believe they would handle live bombs that haphazardly. Even with no detonator, in a good hot fire, all bets are off.

Grizz

 

[55recce]

There is no longer a Battle of Britain building at the RAF museum in Hendon. Regrettably it has been displaced by a bunch of bad computer games to keep the younger generation occupied (it seems that they do not have enough digital distractions....

They also have the last Supermarine Stranraer that would be nice to have back here kind of like the Elgin Marbles

 

[fat tony]

the shoulder flashes resemble RMR - some Reserve units got 106mm to train with and tasked with forming an AT det; Bush dress and puttees would place it as late as the early/mid '70's for a Reserve unit.

I thought it strange the loader did not have suspenders for his webbing. I talked to an NCO once who said they did not get the CDN sleeping bags until the mid to late 1970's. For sleeping they had a bedroll consisting of two horse blankets held together with safety pins. Must have been the glory days of PET sr.

The pic must be a dog and pony show as everything looks clean and neat. Things which are not as common while on ex.

 

[XRCD011]

I thought it strange the loader did not have suspenders for his webbing. I talked to an NCO once who said they did not get the CDN sleeping bags until the mid to late 1970's. For sleeping they had a bedroll consisting of two horse blankets held together with safety pins. Must have been the glory days of PET sr.

The pic must be a dog and pony show as everything looks clean and neat. Things which are not as common while on ex.

Super posed "action" pic, as they load a blue dummy round up the tube .

 

[fraserdw]

I thought it strange the loader did not have suspenders for his webbing. I talked to an NCO once who said they did not get the CDN sleeping bags until the mid to late 1970's. For sleeping they had a bedroll consisting of two horse blankets held together with safety pins. Must have been the glory days of PET sr.

The pic must be a dog and pony show as everything looks clean and neat. Things which are not as common while on ex.

3 Fd Regt RCA in Saint John wore ww2 helmets til 71.

 

[ipscgraz]

I stumbled over this. I believe it was used in B25's.

I have to feel for the poor guy who had to sit on a bicycle seat and have his head between two 50 cal's. The loudest environment I have ever been in was as a # 2 on a 30 cal GPMG. Right ear right beside the receiver with all that metal smashing back and forth, not to mention 220 rounds of 7.62 X 51. By contrast, the guy firing the MG was in a much quieter and more pleasant position.

 

[donor]

In 1931 Ford build XB-906 bomber prototype based on model 5-AT trimotor.On Sept 18 1931 it crashed killing both crew.

 

[R711]

The guys with the 106mm are Canadian Gaurds. They were the other RegF with red shoulder tabs at the time.

 

[PinkyPlinker]

Harry Hardy, DFC

I knew Harry. He recently passed. Incredible individual, among his life’s accomplishments he volunteered thousands of hours creating custom assist devices for people with disabilities. You won’t find a finer gent.

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[fat tony]

An old pic of Dirk Bogarde. He was one of the first Allied officers to see Bergen Belsen concentration camp. He later took up acting.

Bogarde was witness to many other outrages during his service.

 

[albayo]

That upper turret in 30 cal or 12 gage semiautomatic would be great in a duck blind or ground blind.

 

[Sharps '74]

An old pic of Dirk Bogarde. He was one of the first Allied officers to see Bergen Belsen concentration camp. He later took up acting.

I read that Bogarde had a "pigeon chest" and was told early in his acting career that he would have to overcome that with a lot of self confidence and bravado. He succeeded in that admirably.