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[Snautzer01]

German WW II Photo *** Women With Luftschutz Air Defense Helmet *** | eBay

Darth Vader's Mum

 

[Wurger]

 

[michaelmaltby]

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[syscom3]

An original colour slide. A B-17 Flying Fortress of the 91st Bomb Group explodes as a result of a direct flak hit during a mission 6th August 1944.

 

[syscom3]

"Kuuipo"
B-24J-170-CO Liberator Serial number 44-40559 864th Bomb Squadron, 494th Bomb Group, 7th Air Force. Kuuipo means 'sweetheart' in Hawaiian.
She was a veteran of 45 combat missions when she was badly shot up by Japanese fighters on the July 25,1945 mission to bomb Tsuiki,Kyushu. Only two of the eleven crew members survived.

 

[Barrett]

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Always wondered about the Falschirmjaeger overall, which had to complicate treating casualties. Of course, that was the air force that flung its weapons out the door and jumped afterward, hoping to find the containers on the DZ!

 

[Airframes]

No complication - if the press studs won't open, revert to SOP's and cut away the clothing.
The top was a smock, which covered the upper part of the legs, and as far as I know, was closed around the legs with the studs, similar to the 'tail' on the British para Denison smock, whilst the bottom were trousers, with reinforced knee pads. Boots were side-laced, making it quicker and easier to cut open.

 

[michaelmaltby]

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[michaelmaltby]

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[Capt. Vick]

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Totally thought I was looking at a prop from a Mad Max film.

 

[Gnomey]

Nice shots guys!

 

[michaelmaltby]

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[Capt. Vick]

Get off my lawn!

 

[CATCH 22]

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The full description to the above photo is:
"The Deutsche Lufthansa Ju 52 Otto Falke with running engines at Belgrade-Dojno polje Airport, Kingdom of Yugoslavia. (1941)"

 

[michaelmaltby]

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[michaelmaltby]

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[Aaron Brooks Wolters]

GIs of C Company, 36th Armored Infantry Regiment, 9th Infantry Division at Geich, Germany, 11 December 1944. No photo credit available.

 

[Aaron Brooks Wolters]

Medics from the US 5th and 6th Engineer Special Brigade help wounded soldiers on Omaha Beach, Fox Green and Easy Red sectors, 6 June 1944. No photo credit available.

 

[Aaron Brooks Wolters]

US military policemen read about the German surrender in the news paper Stars and Stripes, 8 May 1945.

 

[Aaron Brooks Wolters]

Captain Thomas H. Garahan, 'Easy' Company, 2nd Battalion, 398th Infantry Regiment, 100th Infantry Division raises the 'Stars and Stripes' flag made secretly by a local French girl.