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Steinhoff actually THANKED the Brits for his face.

He crashed a 262 a few days before the War ended. The thing burned with him in it for the first while.

When he got out, he didn't HAVE a face.

He was taken to England and given the best plastic surgery which was available in the world, courtesy of the RAF toward an opponent whom they admired. They were able to reconstruct what you see in the photo.

In 1944, Steinhoff was admired as "the handsomest man in the Luftwaffe".
 
smellie said:
Steinhoff actually THANKED the Brits for his face.

He crashed a 262 a few days before the War ended. The thing burned with him in it for the first while.

When he got out, he didn't HAVE a face.

He was taken to England and given the best plastic surgery which was available in the world, courtesy of the RAF toward an opponent whom they admired. They were able to reconstruct what you see in the photo.

In 1944, Steinhoff was admired as "the handsomest man in the Luftwaffe".
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I'll bet he would give all those medal ribbons on his chest for his original face back... Well, maybe his wife would! ;)
 
Before and after:

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They did right by ol' Macky.
 
Rather not, thanks.

Interesting to read Rudel's book, Stuka Pilot, and hear him speaking of WW2 as a "defensive measure". Didn't seem to ever grasp the aggression of Germany as a contributing factor.
 
Nothing like some Canucks fighting their way up Italy.

OMG is that rifle dirty, and the other is leaning on that jagged edge of the wall. That is going to ruin the collector value of my rifle! :D :D
 
I made it on for a few mins today and I am surprised that someone would put pictures of this nature up :( We all know what the Germans ( SS ) did.. We DON'T need to see the pictures :( as for the rest of you Gunnutz Thank you for speaking (typing) up :) LOL against these types of pictures. And as fugawi said this THREAD is FOR - I personally prefer pics more suited to apolitical military interests... weapons, vehicles, aircraft, the paraphernalia of war: common and unusual...

If you want to look and post pictures like that... Then start your own thread.

Cheers, Merry Christmas and Happy new year to all you Gunnutz :)

Joe
 
Ganderite said:
A single pilot aircraft. Lanc?

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To walk through a Lanc on the ground, as one can in Nanton, is to gain an appreciation for what an incredibly dangerous job the lads on heavies had during the war.

The main spar runs through the fuselage , slightly higher than your knees, just behind the radio operator's table. Dorsal turret's behind that, at exactly the right high to smack your head forcefully if you're not mindful. Leaving that aircraft, in the dark, and on fire, over Germany, wearing clothes that increase your bulk appreciably while experiencing G's in all three axis would be nigh on impossible.

Look how closely the pilot and bomb aimer are packed in there. Suicidal.

I truly hate war. The waste of it. The needless destruction. Things are lost that can never be regained - monuments, cities, and worst of all lives, not just of the people who die in the conflict, but those who are never born because Dad's in a grave in France, or Mom was killed in a raid. God knows who we've lost.

I wish we were a species that could move beyond this sort of thing, but I fear we are not. It's deep in the wiring. We covet the possessions of others. We demonize those different from ourselves. And with time and the right political leaders, we can be convinced the other guy is "asking for it". We're not much removed from apes in the jungle, smashing the heads of the other apes when they try to take our coconuts.

I wish we could all just get along.
 
Ganderite said:
A single pilot aircraft. Lanc?

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The interior of the Handley Page Halifax! It was the second British four engine bomber. Sterling was first and Lancaster third. It had a few problems in the earliest versions but once it was matched with the Hercules sleeve valve radial it came into it's own. The Lanc had the bigger bomb bay and excelled as a bomber. The Halifax was used for more than just bombing and was crewed by countless brave Canadians. Sometimes I think of it as the Lancs homely sister (like the Hurricane is to the Spitfire) but it was a hard working airplane. The only restored ,really complete, Halifax left in the world is on display at the RCAF Museum in Trenton. The story of it's recovery and restoration is fascinating reading. There is another on display at the RAF museum in Hendon but it isn't restored and the Yorkshire Air Museum at Elventon has one but it is constructed from Halifax parts and those of a similar aircraft. So while it certainly looks the part it is more of a replica but I don't say that to degrade it in any way. There was a lot of "politics" regarding the Halifax which many (well, at least some) thought should have been saved and the Lancaster scrapped at war's end. By the way, it was named after Lord Halifax and not the Canadian city.
 
Hey, Gunnutz - new day, new pic:

http://2.bp.########.com/_aMt-nIId-2U/SK6xnK8BdGI/AAAAAAAADgY/ncUOlu21g20/s1600/_german_panther_2007_luftballon_luft_kleber_balloon_hans%2Bhemmert.jpg

I kid because I love.

Hope a video won't mess up what we have going here:

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I wonder if the well-upholstered gent in the backseat is Italian, as per tradition...
 
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