Picture of the day

[AP]

He was 19 in 1944.

and a Sergeant!

 

[XRCD011]

He was 19 in 1944.

And a member of the greatest generation.

 

[collector67]

And a member of the greatest generation.

^ This...

 

[mississaugagunnut]

Thanks ipscgz for posting that amazing story. Truly the greatest generation ever.

 

[koldt]

With that many hands in the pockets, must be Air Force officers.

 

[weimajack]

With that many hands in the pockets, must be Air Force officers.

One scratch is head, and at same time is ass.

 

[purple]

With that many hands in the pockets, must be Air Force officers.

Thats known as Air Force gloves.

 

[AP]

One scratch is head, and at same time is ass.

Thats a universal and traditional air force coordination test for new recruits!

 

[Ganderite]

Thats a universal and traditional air force coordination test for new recruits!

As I recall, that was the test for enlisted ranks. Officer candidates had to also chew gum at the same time.

I forget which service took the ones that failed the test....

 

[grelmar]

As I recall, that was the test for enlisted ranks. Officer candidates had to also chew gum at the same time.

I forget which service took the ones that failed the test....

The Territorial Army.

 

[XRCD011]

With that many hands in the pockets, must be Air Force officers.

So many insightful comments on this picture but I believe this is a pic of the RCAF precision drill team giving another flawless display of air force foot drill formed up and ready for inspection.

 

[diopter]

Vs

But how many foot soldiers can pilot a plane in formation?

 

[bush1]

So many insightful comments on this picture but I believe this is a pic of the RCAF precision drill team giving another flawless display of air force foot drill formed up and ready for inspection.

Reminds me of a post I made awhile back. I’ll have to agree us Airforce types were certainly misfits on the parade square.

https://www.canadiangunnutz.com/forum/showthread.php/730941-Picture-of-the-day?p=14429606#post14429606

 

[XRCD011]

All kidding aside about a wartime pic and bunch of airman standing around a flight line during WWII .

 

[grelmar]

All kidding aside about a wartime pic and bunch of airman standing around a flight line during WWII .

I think I remember reading that was the first time a Female Commonwealth officer was in command of the guard, and one of very few times that a woman had been commander of the guard, as in it had only happened one or two times before with a British female officer.

Also... The band had to play the them from "Game of Thrones"? Really?!?!?

 

[donor]

And from a bit later period a Sergeant of Latvian Air Force or rather Air Service .Notice swastika on a cap.I think it has similar origins as Finnish one except it's tilted 45 deg and it's red.

 

[XRCD011]

^ What are the rifles they have ? Lever action ?

 

[B_noser]

They look like Model 95 Winchesters

 

[JP]

Winchester 95 Russian Musket.

 

[fat tony]

The airsoft/reenactor/what if crowd love calling this a self propelled gun. Guffaw. Its prime mode of transport was locomotive on rr line. The self propulsion was only for maneuvering it from the railhead over a painstakingly prepared roadbed to the emplacement, which was also laboriously prepared.

The Karl Gerat 40 siege mortar:

Rifling looks good...

Seven made, 124 tons, self-propelled (if you can call 6.2 mph self propelled), 600mm / two ton (or twenty-eight million grain) projectile. At the angry end, it does stuff like this:

One remains, at Kubinka: